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Record Nr.

UNINA9910975321203321

Autore

Schwieder Dorothy <1933->

Titolo

Iowa : the middle land / / Dorothy Schwieder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c1996

ISBN

9781587296765

1587296764

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (399 p.)

Disciplina

977.7

Soggetti

Iowa History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Part I: The Early Years; 1. Native Americans in Iowa; 2. Exploration, Early Settlement, and Political Development; 3. Pioneers on the Prairie; 4. Economic Development in the Nineteenth Century; 5. Iowans and the Civil War Era; 6. Cultural Diversity: Immigrants and African Americans in the Hawkeye State, 1883-80; Part II: The Middle Years; 7. Religious and Educational Institutions in Iowa: Establishing the Foundations; 8. A Home First and a Business Second: Agriculture and Farm Life in the Middle Years; 9. Town Life in the Middle Land; 10. Urban Life in the Hawkeye State

11. Cultural Diversity 12. Social, Economic, and Political Issues in Iowa; 13. Economic Development: Iowa's Industries and Industrial Workers; Part III: The Recent Years; 14. The 1930's: A Time of Trial; 15. World War II and the Years Beyond; 16. Iowa in the Sixties and Seventies; 17. Iowa: The 1980's and 1990's; Notes; A Note on Sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this engrossing history of the Hawkeye State, Dorothy Schweider reveals a place of fascinating grassroots politics, economic troubles and triumphs, surprising cultural diversity, and unsung natural beauty. Above all, this is the history of the people of Iowa and the lives they have led-the accomplishments of both ordinary and not-so-ordinary Iowans.