A persistent heartland myth paints the rural and small town Midwest as local, insular, isolationist—the ultimate national safe space, walled off from the rest of the world,” says University of Illinois historian Kristin Hoganson.
A persistent heartland myth paints the rural and small town Midwest as local, insular, isolationist—the ultimate national safe space, walled off from the rest of the world,” says University of Illinois historian Kristin Hoganson.