Preface: Finding the Democratic Tradition in the Midwest, John K. Lauck
Introduction, Catherine McNicol Stock
Part 1: In the Shadow of the New Deal
1. In the Shadow of FDR and Harry Truman
Missouri's Liberal Senatorial Turn, 1950?1987, Jon E. Taylor
Red Power Turned Blue
The Eisenhower Presidency and Democratic Party Ascendancy on Indian Reservations in the Dakotas, Sean J. Flynn
3. ?No Back Seat Drivers?
Women and the Nonpartisan League in North Dakota from Lydia Cady Langer to Heidi Heitkamp, Charles McElwain Barber and Catherine McNicol Stock
4. Green as a Shade of Blue
Political Rhetoric, the Democratic Party, and the Early Environmental Movement in the Upper Midwest, Camden Burd
5. The Other Minority
The UAW, Midwestern Politics, and Pre-Stonewall Queer-Labor Solidarity, James McQuaid
6. The Fall of the Last Democratic Political Machine
East Chicago, Indiana, and the Rise of Community Activism, Emiliano Aguilar
Part 2. Expanding Citizenship in the Age of Liberation
7. Humphrey, McGovern, and Mansfield
National Liberals and American Indian Self-Determination, Dean J. Kotlowski
8. ?I Gave a Dam about a Dam?
Jime Jontz and the Fight for Big Pine Creek in Indiana, Ray E Boomhower
9. ?Your Problem Is Our Problem?
Mary Jean Colins's Midwestern Feminism, Katherine Turk
10. Creating a Blueprint for Black Power
Muigwithania, Mayor Hatcher, and the 1972 National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana, Nicole Poletika
11. ?Where Was the Social Justice??
La Raza Activism at the University of Notre Dame, Leticia Rose Wiggins
12. Gay Liberation and the Social Gospel
Religious Support for Gay Employment Rights in Wisconsin, Stephen Colbrook
13. Paul Wellstone and the Reshaping of Minnesota's Populist-Progressive Tradition, Michael C. Steiner
Part 3. Battling the New Right from Nixon to Trump
14. The Rise and Disappearance of Liberal South Dakota, Marc C. Johnson
15. Wild About Harry
Walter Mondale, Ronald Reagan, and the Liberal Legacy of Harry Truman in the 1984 Midwest, Jeffrey Bloodworth
16. ?Why We Must Save the Family Farm?
Midwestern Liberalism and Progressive Farm Policy, 1985?1996, Cory Haala
17. Capital Punishment in the Midwest
Liberal Struggles, Race, and Legacy, Emma Ricknell
18 ?Alone in the Fight?
Senator Louis Mahern and the Fight for Gay Rights in Indiana, Tiffany Costley
19. Lambs that Strayed from the Democratic Flock
Catholic Voters in the Midwest, Chad Kinsella
20. The Great Blue Hope
How Sherrod Brown Won Reelection in Trump-Era Ohio, Christopher J. Devine
About the Contributors
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