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Janik, Erika.

A short history of Wisconsin [electronic resource] / Erika Janik. - Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, c2010. - 251 p. : ill., maps.

Includes 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.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Wisconsin--History.
Wisconsin--Social conditions.
Wisconsin--Politics and government.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F581 / .J36 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 977.5