Making the Heartland Quilt: A Geographical History of Settlement and Migration in Early-Nineteenth-Century Illinois

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In Making the Heartland Quilt, Douglas K. Meyer reconstructs the settlement patterns of thirty-three immigrant groups and confirms the emergence of discrete culture regions and regional way stations. Meyer argues that midcontinental Illinois symbolizes a historic test strip of the diverse population origins that unfolded during the Great Migration. Basing his research on the 1850 U.S. manuscript schedules, Meyer dissects the geographical configurations...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0809322897

ISBN13:9780809322893

Release Date:June 2000

Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press

Length:360 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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