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Hoosiers : A New History of Indiana /

The people of Indiana have always accommodated change, exchanging log cabins and spinning wheels for railroads, cities, and factories in the 19th century; automobiles, suburbs, and foreign investment in the 20th. The present has brought new issues and challenges, as Indiana's citizens respond t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Madison, James H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The place and people before the Americans
  • The American nation and the West, 1776-1800
  • From a territory to a state, 1800-1816
  • On the Indiana frontier
  • The evolving pioneer economy
  • Pioneers and a better life
  • Pioneer government and politics
  • The Civil War comes to Indiana
  • New ways to make a living, 1850-1920
  • A Hoosier community, 1850-1920
  • The Indiana way of politics, 1873-1920
  • Flappers and Klansmen challenge traditions : the 1920s
  • Depression and war test Hoosiers, 1929-1945
  • Hoosier traditions and the winds of change
  • Government, politics, and the people
  • Some thoughts on twenty-first-century Hoosiers.