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Historical analysis reveals Iowans’ reluctance towards the magic circle initiative, highlighting state loyalties and industrial boosterism.
JEFFREY P. STONE explores Roger W. Babson’s Cold War efforts to transcend state boundaries and relocate all of American industry away from the coasts to a “Magic Circle” at the very center of the nation. Iowans’ disinterest in the failed effort demonstrate the importance of state loyalties, the role of state-based industrial boosterism, and the reasons for the failure of larger postwar decentralization efforts.
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