Belgian Settlement and Society in the Indiana Rust BeltFootnote^*

* Research for this article was funded by the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Women's Network Margaret Trussell Scholarship. I wish to thank the four reviewers for their comments and helpful suggestions and gratefully acknowledge the support of Susan W. Hardwick in this endeavor.

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