Heartland
Heartland is most often a
geopolitical term used to refer to a central area of
Eurasia that is remote and inaccessible from the
periphery. The term Heartland has a particular importance in the works of
Sir Halford Mackinder. He believed that the Heartland was the strategic region of the foremost importance in the world. See
Heartland (geopolitics).
The term
Heartland is also frequently used to describe the region in the
United States that lies west of the
Mississippi River and east of the
Rocky Mountains. It is also used for other areas of the US which are culturally similar to the Heartland; for example, the
Stater Bros. supermarket chain, which is concentrated in the
Inland Empire counties of southern and central
California, ran TV commercials for many years using the slogan "in the Heartland" to refer to inland counties such as
San Bernardino County,
Kern County and
Riverside County being culturally more similar to the central United States than to coastal California.
In addition, the term can also be applied to the central region of any nation of
economic, geopolitical or
cultural significance.
Other meanings:
* For the brewery in
New York City, see
Heartland Brewery.
* For the New Zealand television series, see
Heartland (television series).
* The
United States political
television show
Heartland with John Kasich on
Fox News Channel. This show was formerly called
From the Heartland. See
Heartland with John Kasich.
* For the freight transportation company, see
Heartland Express.
* For the 1979 movie, starring
Rip Torn and
Conchata Ferrell, see
Heartland (film).
*
Heartland is a 1964 novel by
Wilson Harris*For the "Heartland" area in Canada, see
Southern Saskatchewan.
