Midwest futures / Phil Christman.

By:

Christman, Phil

Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : Belt Publishing, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: 154 pages ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781948742610
1948742616

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Essays.

LOC classification:

F355 .C54 2020

Contents:

Row 1: The fund -- Row 2: Making futures in the midwest -- Row 3: Changes in the land -- Row 4: Normality and its discontents -- Row 5: Midwest at midnight -- Row 6: Staying with the trouble.

Summary: "What does the future hold for the Midwest? A vast stretch of fertile farmland bordering one of the largest concentrations of fresh water in the world, the Midwestern US seems ideally situated for the coming challenges of climate change. But it also sits at the epicenter of a massive economic collapse that many of its citizens are still struggling to overcome. The question of what the Midwest is (and what it will become) is nothing new. As Phil Christman writes in this idiosyncratic new book, ambiguity might be the region's defining characteristic. Taking a cue from Jefferson's grid, the famous rectangular survey of the Old Northwest Territory that turned everything from Ohio to Wisconsin into square-mile lots, Christman breaks his exploration of Midwestern identity, past and present, into 36 brief, interconnected essays. The result is a sometimes sardonic, often uproarious, and consistently thought-provoking look at a misunderstood place and the people who call it home."--Amazon.com.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-154).

Row 1: The fund -- Row 2: Making futures in the midwest -- Row 3: Changes in the land -- Row 4: Normality and its discontents -- Row 5: Midwest at midnight -- Row 6: Staying with the trouble.

"What does the future hold for the Midwest? A vast stretch of fertile farmland bordering one of the largest concentrations of fresh water in the world, the Midwestern US seems ideally situated for the coming challenges of climate change. But it also sits at the epicenter of a massive economic collapse that many of its citizens are still struggling to overcome. The question of what the Midwest is (and what it will become) is nothing new. As Phil Christman writes in this idiosyncratic new book, ambiguity might be the region's defining characteristic. Taking a cue from Jefferson's grid, the famous rectangular survey of the Old Northwest Territory that turned everything from Ohio to Wisconsin into square-mile lots, Christman breaks his exploration of Midwestern identity, past and present, into 36 brief, interconnected essays. The result is a sometimes sardonic, often uproarious, and consistently thought-provoking look at a misunderstood place and the people who call it home."--Amazon.com.