Results! In these states, this percentage of people believe they are in the Midwest. Chew on these results while we crunch the data down to the zip code level and get granular. What parts of these Midwestern states do you think will shade less Midwestern? All input welcome
A micro analysis of the survey data has been completed providing additional texture to the study of who identifies as Midwestern. See map below. Watch this space tomorrow for links to the raw data. We will make it open source and would love to share your thoughts/analysis.
Middle West Review will soon release the results of the largest-ever study on who considers themself to be a Midwesterner. The study is focused on 22 states, including the 12 states that are traditionally considered to be in the Midwest. Stay tuned...
Where is the Midwest? We will release our state-level data tomorrow for your contemplation. What percentage of people do you think identify as Midwestern in particular states? Care to guess?
Teaser:
97% of Iowans say they live in the Midwest
13% of West Virginians say they do
Middle West Review seeks proposals for a special issue on “Regional Geography(ies) of the Midwest.” Send 1-page proposals for 4,000-word article focused on the concept of “regions” as it relates to Midwestern geography, boundaries, or borderlands and CV to mwr
@usd
.edu by 10-20-23
Another map displaying the results of our 11,000 person survey with
@EmersonPolling
asking if people if they live in the Midwest. All the data is available for open source review here:
Open Source Midwest Data: Middle West Review is happy to make available the raw data from its survey with
@EmersonPolling
of 11,000 Americans asking if they identify as Midwesterners. Please crunch the data and share the results with us. Data here:
We are working to collect data on any universities which officially teach a course on the history of the Midwest and, for comparison, on universities which teach courses on the history of the American West or South (which most seem to do). Please share data with
@KevinMasonCity
Panel on Midwest/South Boundary: organizers seek submissions for panel focused on the location of the boundary between the Midwest and South for joint
@WhaHistory
@TheSouthernSHA
in 2024 conference details here: send proposals here by 11-20: mwr
@usd
.edu
Middle West Review is creating a bibliography of all books published about the Midwest from 1980-present. See working list here: What do you think is missing? Email MWR staffer Zach with all additions Zachary.Wattier
@coyotes
.usd.edu
#twitterstorians
Middle West Review seeks proposals for a special issue on “Regional Geography(ies) of the Midwest" which will explore Midwestern geography, boundaries, and borderlands. Deadline 10-20-23. See details here:
Middle West Review seeks proposals for a special issue on “Regional Geography(ies) of the Midwest.” Send 1-page proposals for 4,000-word article focused on the concept of “regions” as it relates to Midwestern geography, boundaries, or borderlands and CV to mwr
@usd
.edu by 10-20-23
Panel on Midwest/South Boundary: organizers seek submissions for panel focused on the location of the boundary between the Midwest and South for joint
@WhaHistory
@TheSouthernSHA
in 24
#WHA2023
conference details here: send proposals here: mwr
@usd
.edu
Middle West Review has sent a dispatch to the University Press of Kansas Board of Trustees asking that they save the University Press of Kansas, which, alas, might be shuttered. Please lend more support if you can.
#twitterstorians
@The_OAH
@AHAhistorians
@Kansas_Press
Let's do this! Call-for-Proposals-- MIDWESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY: We are organizing a special issue focused on the environmental history of the Midwest. Send a one-page letter of intent explaining your article idea and a vita to mwr
@usd
.edu by 1/1/22
#twitterstorians
@wcronon
If we were to organize a special issue on Midwestern environmental history, what other books besides Cronon's ecological history of Chicago should be consulted?
@wcronon
[we take note of Leopold's treatment of Sand County, Wisconsin mentioned below]
Middle West Review seeks proposals for a special issue on “The German Midwest.” This migration led to a variety of unique ethnic organizations, voting patterns, and cultural mores etc. Send 1-page proposals and a CV to mwr
@usd
.edu by February 15, 2024.
Nine years ago today the Midwestern History Working Group was formed in a bar in Hudson, Wisconsin and would soon become the Midwestern History Association. Congrats
@MwHWG
Midwest Review is an annual literary magazine
@UWStevensPoint
that features work by writers, photographers, and artists who live/have lived in or spent time in the Midwest
@buffalo_wallow
@jillstukenberg
what other literary journals are focused on the Midwest?
#twitterstorians
Literary journals also give Midwestern voices a key platform. These include Midwest Review at Stevens Point; Stoneboat Literary Journal in Sheboygan; Mid-American Review at Bowling Green State University; and Great Lakes Review. What other Midwest journals should be on this list?
This spring will mark the 10-year anniversary of the creation of the Midwestern History Association and Middle West Review. Come hear reflections on this milestone at NGPHC this week. Program here:
@MwHWG
@UNLGPQJournal
@UnivNebPress
@UNPjournals
@The_OAH
Here's a new map depicting the data collected in our "are you in the Midwest?" poll with
@EmersonPolling
this map is broken down by county -- the raw survey data is here:
Our poll shows that while 86% of people in Michigan see themselves as in the Midwest, there's a slight deviation up north, closer to Ontario (yellow). The white counties did not have a poll respondent. Remember, some counties did not have many respondents so don't over-interpret
We are accepting applications for the position of Book Review Editor. To apply, please send a vita and letter of intent to Middle West Review at the following address: mwr
@usd
.edu The application deadline is July 15, 2021.
#twitterstorians
@WhaHistory
@AHAhistorians
@WHAGrads
OPEN POSITION: Middle West Review is seeking applications for the position of Associate Editor. This position assists with copy editing, proofing, and article management. Send letter of intent and vita to MWR
@USD
.EDU by March 1, 2022.
@AHAhistorians
@The_OAH
#twitterstorians
Fall conference season is starting and Middle West Review is happy to announce it is sponsoring a cocktail reception at the Northern Great Plains History Conference at the Old Courthouse Museum in downtown Sioux Falls on Thursday, Sept. 28th from 5:30-7:30
@MwHWG
@TheDakotaScout
It's good to see The Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society here along with
@kshistoryjrnl
and
@sodakhistory
-- what other Midwestern history journals are here? We should form a collective to spread news of our work.
#twitterstorians
@MwHWG
Check out Cormac Broeg's new article in Middle West Review titled "How the Germans Beat Bates: Gustave Koerner, Carl Schurz, and the Republican National Convention of 1860"
Our new issue is out! You can now read the Intro "Middle West Review and the Middle Ground" for free on
@ProjectMUSE
--issue includes symposia on Midwestern regionalism and McCullough's "The Pioneers" and reviews etc
@UnivNebPress
#twitterstorians
@The_OAH
Literary journals also give Midwestern voices a key platform. These include Midwest Review at Stevens Point; Stoneboat Literary Journal in Sheboygan; Mid-American Review at Bowling Green State University; and Great Lakes Review. What other Midwest journals should be on this list?
If we were to organize a special issue on Midwestern environmental history, what other books besides Cronon's ecological history of Chicago should be consulted?
@wcronon
[we take note of Leopold's treatment of Sand County, Wisconsin mentioned below]
A centerpiece of Midwestern environmental history. What are the other big ones for the Midwest? Also, this thread is funny. Maybe
@wcronon
is listening.
In a world where media outlets are shutting down every day, we’re grateful to have a broad and loyal readership that’s helped us keep going for 10 years! Join us for a reading on 6/23 as we reflect on the past and future of Belt!
The great historian Walter Nugent, RIP, published an essay on Midwestern progressive politics in our pages before he died: "Nye’s Midwestern Progressive Politics After Sixty Years"
@JournalGAPE
#twitterstorians
Nugent's first book was about Populism
Where does the West begin and the Midwest end? Submit proposal to join panel on said topic at Western History Association in KC next year. Send 1-page proposal and CV to mwr
@usd
.edu by 12-8-23
@WhaHistory
@WHAGrads
#twitterstorians
we're working fast to meet WHA deadline!
@MwHWG