Heartland (United States)
The heartland, when referring to a cultural region of the United States, is the central land area of the country,[1] usually the Midwestern United States[2] or the states that do not border the Atlantic or Pacific oceans,[3] associated with mainstream or traditional values, such as economic self-sufficiency, conservative political and religious ideals, and rootedness in agrarian life.[2]
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Location
There is no consensus regarding the geographical boundaries of America's heartland. However, the American Midwest is the most commonly cited area as being the nation's heartland, although many other places have been referred to as part of it, often extending to rural or farming regions in the great plains.
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Use of term
The British geographer Halford Mackinder coined the word in 1904 to refer to the heart of the Eurasian land mass: a strategic center of industry, natural resources and power.[4] The use of the term "heartland" to apply to the American Midwest did not become common until later in the 20th century.[8][2][9]
Culture
Heartland rock musicians such as Bruce Springsteen (New Jersey), Bob Seger (Michigan), Melissa Etheridge (Kansas), John Mellencamp (Indiana), and Tom Petty have sung about heartland values. Heartland rock albums include Springsteen's Nebraska. The genre is not necessarily Midwestern, as Springsteen was born in New Jersey, and Petty was born in Florida and has sung about the Southern United States, such as in his album Southern Accents. Modern artists of heartland rock include The Killers and The War on Drugs.[10]
See also
References
- ^ "heartland". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ a b c The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia, pp. 71-73 (2006)
- ^ Brownstein, Ronald (November 4, 2010). "Heartland Headache: Democrats have to be more competitive in states that don't touch an ocean if they want to bounce back". National Journal. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ^ "HEARTLAND - What is Heartland". Heartlandeindhoven.nl. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ^ Boyer, Paul S., Clifford E. Clark, Karen Halttunen, Joseph F. Kett, and Neal Salisbury. The enduring vision: A history of the American people Volume II: Since 1865. Cengage Learning, 2016.
- ^ Yen, Hope (March 8, 2011). "US 'heartland' near historic shift from Midwest". Forbes. Associated Press.[dead link]
- ^ Imagined Heartland, Frontier to Heartland, Newberry Library (2009), Retrieved 4 February 2015
- ^ "Google Ngram Viewer". Books.google.com. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ^ Jeremiah Tucker (January 29, 2016). "Jeremiah Tucker: Heartland rock could see major resurgence this year". The Joplin Globe. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
Further reading
- Kristin L. Hoganson, The Heartland: An American History 2019