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Author : Zoltán Grossman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Reflections on the Development of Wisconsin's Past and Present written by Zoltán Grossman and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Nelson Current
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252070181
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Wisconsin written by Richard Nelson Current and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haven for summer tourists and winter sport enthusiasts, Wisconsin is famed for its physical beauty and its prodigious production of cheese and dairy products. Richard Nelson Current's compact history reveals the colorful past of America's Dairyland, from early explorers and gangsters to sports heroes and cheeseheads. Both the Ringling Brothers' "World's Greatest Shows" and Barnum & Bailey's "Greatest Show on Earth" originated in Wisconsin, along with the typewriter, Johnson's Wax, and the first automatic assembly line (for manufacturing automobile frames). Wisconsin inventors contributed to the mechanization of American farms by developing harvesters, reapers, cultivators, threshers, and other machinery. Sen. Robert M. ("Fighting Bob") La Follette brought progressive reform to the state; a few decades later another Wisconsin native, Joseph McCarthy, revealed his agenda as a U.S. senator. The Gideons, who place Bibles in hotel room nightstands, got their start in Wisconsin, and the state's factories produced most of the 107 steam shovels that dug the Panama Canal. Even before American Motors in Kenosha became Wisconsin's largest employer, Wisconsinites were responsible for such car-related developments as the first four-wheel-drive vehicle and an early tire-patching kit. To football fans, the capital of Wisconsin is Green Bay, where in 1919 Earl Louis Lambeau organized the Packers. Even during the team's fifteen-year losing streak, Green Bay consisted, as one reporter observed, of "nearly 50,000 wild-eyed maniacs [who] know more about football than any other 50,000 people on the face of the earth." Fast-paced and entertaining, Current's history chronicles how Wisconsin's homegrown ideas, from the "Wisconsin Idea" of efficient state government to ski-tows and speedometers, made their way into the broader marketplace of American culture.
Author : Gerald Brillhart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (145 download)
Download or read book Wintergreen Reflections written by Gerald Brillhart and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael J. Goc
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780938627265
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (272 download)
Download or read book Reflections of Lac Du Flambeau written by Michael J. Goc and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William F. Thompson
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870206338
Total Pages : 885 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)
Download or read book The History of Wisconsin, Volume VI written by William F. Thompson and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 885 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixth and final volume in the History of Wisconsin series examines the period from 1940-1965, in which state and nation struggled to maintain balance and traditions. Some of the major developments analyzed in this volume include: coping with three wars, racial and societal conflict, technological innovation, population shifts to and from cities and suburbs, and accompanying stress in politics, government, and society as a whole. Using dozens of photographs to visually illustrate this period in the state's history, this volume upholds the high standards set forth in the previous volumes.
Author : Carl Zillier
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book History of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Past and Present written by Carl Zillier and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert C. Nesbit
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870206303
Total Pages : 745 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)
Download or read book The History of Wisconsin, Volume III written by Robert C. Nesbit and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 745 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Bridget Heos
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1615311254
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (153 download)
Download or read book Wisconsin written by Bridget Heos and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2009-08-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wisconsin was once a heavily forested and wild part of the frontier. Wisconsin: Past and Present explores not only that time in history but right up to the present Wisconsin, from the rich farmland to the mosaic of modern culture. With unique sidebars that touch on both past and present!
Author : Richard N. Current
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 087020629X
Total Pages : 701 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)
Download or read book The History of Wisconsin, Volume II written by Richard N. Current and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Erika Janik
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870205412
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Odd Wisconsin written by Erika Janik and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Bob La Follette's exploits as leader of progressive politics are legendary, his early morning exertions to save valuable government documents and executive department paintings during the disastrous 1904 capitol fire are largely unknown - until now. Odd Wisconsin captures the Wisconsin people, places, and events that didn't make it into conventional state histories, lowering a bucket into the depths of Wisconsin history and bringing to light curious fragments of forgotten lives. This unique book unearths the stories that got lost to history even though they may have made local headlines at the time. No mythical hodags or eight-legged horses here! Odd Wisconsin features strange but true stories from Wisconsin's past, every one of which was documented (albeit by the standards of the day). These brief glimpses into Wisconsin's past will surprise, perplex, astonish, and otherwise connect readers with the state's fascinating history. From "the voyageur with a hole in his side" to "pigs beneath the legislature," Odd Wisconsin gathers 300 years of curiosities, all under the radar of traditional stories.
Author : Erika Janik
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870204734
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)
Download or read book A Short History of Wisconsin written by Erika Janik and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Milo Milton Quaife
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Wisconsin, Its History and Its People, 1634-1924 written by Milo Milton Quaife and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Clark S. Matteson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The History of Wisconsin from Prehistoric to Present Periods written by Clark S. Matteson and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barbara M. Joosse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book More Reflections of Old Cedarburg, Grafton, Thiensville & Mequon written by Barbara M. Joosse and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I’ll take you to a little place a creek in the middle little place a steeple place, a people place a dogs and frogs and geesle place.” Come on! A little elephant takes you to his favorite place--Cedarburg! Join him as he “rides around the block, to see who’s who, to see what’s what,” catches fireflies (“Twinklefies on. Twinkleflies off. Stars in a jar is what we’ve got.”), and explores the creepy cemetery (“Oldy moldy graves up here. Oldy moldy bones down there. But no ghosts--nope!”). Rollicking rhymes, familiar scenes and a reassuring ending make this a story you’ll want to keep--and share! By Barbara Joosse and illustrated by Renee Graef.
Author : William Rudolph Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)
Download or read book The History of Wisconsin: Historical written by William Rudolph Smith and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Rudolph Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The History of Wisconsin: v.1. Historical written by William Rudolph Smith and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald M. Waller
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226871746
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)
Download or read book The Vanishing Present written by Donald M. Waller and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Straddling temperate forests and grassland biomes and stretching along the coastline of two Great Lakes, Wisconsin contains tallgrass prairie and oak savanna, broadleaf and coniferous forests, wetlands, natural lakes, and rivers. But, like the rest of the world, the Badger State has been transformed by urbanization and sprawl, population growth, and land-use change. For decades, industry and environment have attempted to coexist in Wisconsin—and the dynamic tensions between economic progress and environmental protection makes the state a fascinating microcosm for studying global environmental change. The Vanishing Present brings together a distinguished set of contributors—including scientists, naturalists, and policy experts—to examine how human pressures on Wisconsin’s changing lands, waters, and wildlife have redefined the state’s ecology. Though they focus on just one state, the authors draw conclusions about changes in temperate habitats that can be applied elsewhere, and offer useful insights into future of the ecology, conservation, and sustainability of Wisconsin and beyond. A fitting tribute to the home state of Aldo Leopold and John Muir, The Vanishing Present is an accessible and timely case study of a significant ecosystem and its response to environmental change.
