Radical Geography in the Midwest

Abstract

This chapter considers the regional and departmental context, and the intense engagement with the Union of Socialist Geographers (USG). It discusses two other centers of radical geographic innovation in the Midwest, the Universities of Wisconsin and Michigan. Minnesota, and the Upper Midwest more generally, was known for its Scandinavian collectivist political culture, a result of historical patterns of Northern European immigration and settlement. Although those forming the Midwest cluster of radical geography had largely graduated and moved on by the mid-1980s, the activities they pursued resonated down the years. With respect to the USG and Antipode, Eric Sheppard was at the center of debates about whether to institutionalize radical geography by creating a Socialist Geography Specialty Group within the Association of American Geographers, arguing in favor of such a move. Influenced by the Midwest radical geographers and their reading group, Sheppard helped open the journal to a more eclectic vision for radical geography.

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