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Article
Abstract
Even though America is made up of many distinct regions, the homogenization of our culture is causing us to lose any meaningful sense of place, which includes history and literature (which have been inseparably linked in the past). A case in point is the part of Kansas City known as “The Plaza” and the surrounding suburbs on the Kansas side of the state line, as chronicled by Richard Rhodes in his book Inland Ground: An Evocation of the American Middle West (revised edition, 1991). Rhodes and others remind us that Wallace Stegner’s dictum “I may not know who I am but I know where I’m from” has disappeared for many of us.
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Vinz, Mark
(2016)
"Escaping Cupcake Land,"
Studies in Midwestern History: Vol. 2
, No. 8.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/midwesternhistory/vol2/iss1/8
