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Category : Madison (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 15

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Author: Madison and Wisconsin Foundation
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Category : Madison (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 15

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Category : Madison (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 3

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Author: Charles McCarthy
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Category : Wisconsin
Languages : en
Pages : 374

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Author: Erika Janik
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870204734
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Rediscover Wisconsin history from the very beginning. A Short History of Wisconsin recounts the landscapes, people, and traditions that have made the state the multifaceted place it is today. With an approach both comprehensive and accessible, historian Erika Janik covers several centuries of Wisconsin's remarkable past, showing how the state was shaped by the same world wars, waves of new inhabitants, and upheavals in society and politics that shaped the nation. Swift, authoritative, and compulsively readable, A Short History of Wisconsin commences with the glaciers that hewed the region's breathtaking terrain, the Native American cultures who first called it home, and French explorers and traders who mapped what was once called "Mescousing." Janik moves through the Civil War and two world wars, covers advances in the rights of women, workers, African Americans, and Indians, and recent shifts involving the environmental movement and the conservative revolution of the late 20th century. Wisconsin has hosted industries from fur-trapping to mining to dairying, and its political landscape sprouted figures both renowned and reviled, from Fighting Bob La Follette to Joseph McCarthy. Janik finds the story of a state not only in the broad strokes of immigration and politics, but also in the daily lives shaped by work, leisure, sports, and culture. A Short History of Wisconsin offers a fresh understanding of how Wisconsin came into being and how Wisconsinites past and present share a deep connection to the land itself.

Author: David V. Mollenhoff
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299199807
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508

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Madison is richly detailed, fully documented, inclusive in coverage, and has more than 300 illustrations to provide a vivid feeling of life in Madison during the formative years.

Author: Stuart D. Levitan
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299216740
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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We are just beginning to understand the power of local history to enhance our understanding of ourselves, our cities, and our culture. It is, after all, that stratum of history that touches our lives most closely. Madison answers the basic questions of when, where, why, how, and by whom Madison, Wisconsin was developed. The book is richly detailed, fully documented, inclusive in coverage, and delightfully readable. More than 300 illustrations provide a vivid feeling for what life was like in Madison during the formative years. David Mollenhoff's unique interpretive framework emphasizing public policies and community values, gives the book a consistent interpretive quality and reveals major themes that flow through time. This combination will allow you to see the city's growth and development with unusual clarity and coherence--almost as if you were watching time-lapse photography. When Mollenhoff began to study Madison's history, he was delighted by his early discoveries but frustrated because no one had written a book-length history of Madison since 1876. Finally, in 1972 he decided to write that book. His research required him to read five miles of microfilm, piles of theses and dissertations, shelves of reports, boxes of manuscripts and letters, and to study thousands of photographs. Soon after the first edition was published in 1982, readers declared it to be a classic. For this second edition Madison has been extensively revised and updated with new maps and photos. If you want to know the fascinating story of how Madison got to be the way it is, this book belongs on your bookshelf. It will change the way you see the city and your role in it.

Author: Erika Janik
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614230544
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161

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Beginning with the retreat of the Wisconsin glacier and the story of early Native American peoples, Janik narrates the journey of Wisconsin's capital city from the "center of the wilderness"? to the "Laboratory of Democracy."? Learn how Madison's citizens responded to the Civil War, industrialization and two world wars, as well as how advances in the rights of workers, women, Native Americans and African Americans made Madison the multifaceted city it is today. Comprehensive, accessible and swift, Madison: History of a Model City offers a fresh take on how Madison and its people came into being.

Author: Lyman Copeland Draper
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022700956
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This fascinating history of Madison, WI tells the story of the city's growth and development over more than a century. It covers everything from its early days as a farming community to its emergence as a center of education and innovation. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of the Midwest or the development of American cities. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Angie Buelow
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ISBN: 9781645382522
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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"Goodnight State Street, all the stores and eats. Goodnight ice cream shops and all tasty treats!" A children's bedtime story that highlights what makes Madison great! On Wisconsin!