Dorothy Schwieder

Dorothy Schwieder challenges the traditional view of Iowa from one of an open, friendly, and helpful environment to one of constant transitions and developments into the state known today. Schwieder’s book is about the history of Iowa but instead of just listing the facts and history, she describes how Iowa has evolved into the state it is today. Its location and topography as well as its history has influenced Iowa and turned it into the middle land. This book challenges the stereotypical view of Iowans and delves in deeper about Iowa’s history and the transition of how it became the state its citizens know of today. Not only does it alter the traditional present view to a historical analytical one. Throughout the course of the book, one learns the more in-depth history of Iowa not generally …show more content…
The people of Iowa are modest and have never been known to have great wealth or poverty, the are simply in the middle of the economic social class. Also they are not into the glitz and glamor of the sophisticated world but are more than dull lower level class and have…
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The author does a remarkable job researching the history of Iowa and her arguments were effective. Her book, Iowa the Middle Land discusses how Iowa and everything relating to it, is in the middle. She does a good job explaining her arguments by using the history of Iowa to help make her points. The Native American chapter of Dorothy Schwieder’s Iowa the Middle Land can help me in my work at Living History Farms. This is due to the fact that it mentions the Ioway tribe, which is the tribe the 1700 farm is all about. This section discusses the Ioway’s lifestyle and how they were migratory yet sedentary. These particular Native Americans hunted, fished, and gathered food in the traditional migratory way, but also farmed and were involved in agriculture the way most sedentary tribes