Curtis, Edward E.,  IV,  1970- <br/><br/>
Muslims of the heartland:  how Syrian immigrants made a home in the American Midwest  
 How Syrian immigrants made a home in the American Midwest 
by Edward E. Curtis IV. 
 - New York, USA:  New York University Press,  2022. 
 - x, 239p.  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Muslim South Dakota from Kadoka to Sioux Falls -- Homesteading Western North Dakota -- Peddling in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a Town of Ethnic Tradition -- Michigan City, Indiana, and Syrian Muslim Industrial Workers -- Muslim Life and the Agricultural Depression in North Dakota -- Cedar Rapids' Grocery Business and the Growth of a Muslim Midwestern Town -- From Sioux Falls and Michigan City to Detroit, Capital of the Muslim Midwest -- Conclusion: A Big Party in the 1950s. 
<br/><br/> "This book rejects the stereotype of the Midwest as bleached-out Christian country. It unearths a surprising and intimate history of the first two generations of Syrian Muslims in the Midwest who, in spite of discrimination, created a life that was Arab, American, and Muslim all at the same time"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781479812561 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2021014002 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Syrian Americans--History--Middle West--20th century.<br/>Muslims--History--Middle West--20th century.<br/>Muslim families--Social conditions.--Middle West
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle West--Race relations--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F358.2.S98  / C87 2022