Annals of Iowa
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Third Series, Vol. 79, No. 4, Fall 2020
"Working Hard and Living Out: Adolescence in Nineteenth-Century Dubuque"
by Jennifer E. Mack and Dustin S. Clarke
Mack and Clarke examine how young people experienced the period of adolescence in mid- to late nineteenth-century Dubuque. By drawing richly on census records and a collection of local memoirs and biographies, they illustrate the contested process of transitioning from childhood to adulthood in the American Midwest.
"From Fair View Farm to Parkview Heights: Involuntary Annexation and the Middle-American Dream"
by Edith M. Hunter
Hunter explores how involuntary land annexation in Ames transformed a family farm into an urban neighborhood in the mid-twentieth century. Through family histories and local newspapers, she argues that midcentury definitions of progress and governmental support for suburbanization led to the dispossession of rural landholders.
Article Submissions
You are invited to submit articles, edited documents, and other annotated, unpublished primary materials on Iowa history and on subjects concerning the nation and the Midwest with an Iowa focus. Regional and local studies of political, economic, social, cultural, ethnic, institutional, archeological, and architectural history are welcome.
You may also apply to the Research Grant for Authors program to receive a research stipend to support original research and interpretive writing related to Iowa history. As part of the program, grant recipients produce an annotated manuscript targeted for the Annals of Iowa.
Please contact Annals editor Andrew Klumpp to submit potential manuscripts or with any questions.
