PositiveCleveland Review of BooksAssumptions about space and place-making, Hoganson argues, continue to undergird the heartland myth. Indeed, the true strength of The Heartland lies in the first and last chapters, where Hoganson develops these claims through the lens of Kickapoo history ... The Heartland is a book that responds to the current political moment in two ways. In addition to addressing why history matters now for debunking myths that were born of, and continue to support, racism, The Heartland is also a book for a broad readership that makes transparent the methods of the historian ... Unfortunately, little of Hoganson’s expertise on gender and sexuality, which she has mobilized in her other scholarship, is on display in the book ... Hoganson makes clear that the heartland myth is premised on incomplete references to flawed histories. In so doing, Hoganson has set the stage for others to evaluate the ways in which the heartland myth has shaped the culture we live in today.
