Author: Robert C. Nesbit
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
Published: 2013-03-28
Total Pages: 745
ISBN-13: 0870206303
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Although the years from 1873-1893 lacked the well known, dramatic events of the periods before and after, this period presented a major transformation in Wisconsin's economy. The third volume in the History of Wisconsin series presents a balanced, comprehensive, and witty account of these two decades of dynamic growth and change in Wisconsin society, business, and industry. Concentrating on three major areas: the economy, communities, and politics and government, this volume in the History of Wisconsin series adds substantially to our knowledge and understanding of this crucial, but generally little-understood, period.
Author: Richard N. Current
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
Published: 2013-03-28
Total Pages: 701
ISBN-13: 087020629X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This second volume in the History of Wisconsin series introduces us to the first generation of statehood, from the conversion of prairie and forests into farmland to the development of cities and industry. In addition, this volume presents a synthesis of the Civil War and Reconstruction era in Wisconsin. Scarcely a decade after entering the Union, the state was plunged into the nationwide debate over slavery, the secession crisis, and a war in which 11,000 "Badger Boys in Blue" gave their lives. Wisconsin's role in the Civil War is chronicled, along with the post-war years. Complete with photographs from the Historical Society's collections, as well as many pertinent maps, this book is a must-have for anyone interested in this era of Wisconsin's history.
Author: John D. Buenker
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
Published: 2013-03-05
Total Pages: 781
ISBN-13: 0870206311
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Published in Wisconsin's Sesquicentennial year, this fourth volume in The History of Wisconsin series covers the twenty tumultuous years between the World's Columbian Exposition and the First World War when Wisconsin essentially reinvented itself, becoming the nation's "laboratory of democracy." The period known as the Progressive Era began to emerge in the mid-1890s. A sense of crisis and a widespread clamor for reform arose in reaction to rapid changes in population, technology, work, and society. Wisconsinites responded with action: their advocacy of women's suffrage, labor rights and protections, educational reform, increased social services, and more responsive government led to a veritable flood of reform legislation that established Wisconsin as the most progressive state in the union. As governor and U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, Robert M. La Follette, Sr., was the most celebrated of the Progressives, but he was surrounded by a host of pragmatic idealists from politics, government, and the state university. Although the Progressives frequently disagreed over priorities and tactics, their values and core beliefs coalesced around broad-based participatory democracy, the application of scientific expertise to governance, and an active concern for the welfare of all members of society-what came to be known as "the Wisconsin Idea."
Author: Alice E. Smith
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 740
ISBN-13: 9780870201226
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Published in 1973, this first volume in the History of Wisconsin series remains the definitive work on Wisconsin's beginnings, from the arrival of the French explorer Jean Nicolet in 1634, to the attainment of statehood in 1848. This volume explores how Wisconsin's Native American inhabitants, early trappers, traders, explorers, and many immigrant groups paved the way for the territory to become a more permanent society. Including nearly two dozen maps as well as illustrations of territorial Wisconsin and portraits of early residents, this volume provides an in-depth history of the beginnings of the state.
Author: William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi
Publisher: Soyinfo Center
Published: 2021-09-28
Total Pages: 820
ISBN-13: 1948436523
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The world's most comprehensive, well documented, and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographic index. 188 photographs and illustrations - mostly color. Free of charge in digital PDF format.
Author: Reginald Mathison Shaw
Publisher:
Published: 1938
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13:
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