A short history of Wisconsin [electronic resource] / Erika Janik.
Material type: TextPublication details: Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, c2010Description: 251 p. : ill., mapsISBN: 9780870204739 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Wisconsin -- History | Wisconsin -- Social conditions | Wisconsin -- Politics and governmentGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 977.5 LOC classification: F581 | .J36 2010Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-239) and index.
Geography of place -- Fortunes made of fur -- From territory to statehood -- Calling Wisconsin home -- Lead and lumber -- Social and moral improvement -- Civil War Wisconsin -- Becoming America's dairyland -- Manufacturing the future -- The sporting life -- Progressive politics -- World War I -- Changing habits of consumption -- Depression -- World War II -- Culture of fear -- Migration and civil rights -- Vietnam -- Greening Wisconsin -- The changing face of immigration -- Indian treaty rights -- Postwar politics and the conservative revolution -- Conclusion: Creating Wisconsin.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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