Robert Wuthnow
On his book Remaking the Heartland: Middle America since the 1950s
Cover Interview of April 27, 2011
america /
polemics /
20th century /
sociology /
urbanism /
education /
entrepreneurship /
greeley horace /
american middle west /
egan timothy /
Editor’s note
Originally, this interview ran on the Rorotoko cover page under the headline
“The heart of the American heartland is beating strong.”
We highlighted two quotes.
On the first page:
“Small towns have remained small and many are even smaller than they were a few decades ago. But few have actually died and all but the smallest have proven amazingly resilient.”
On the second:
“Over the past century and a half government has played an enormously important role in the heartland. Before the pioneers arrived, the government surveyors, land agents, and cavalry prepared the way.”