A New History Of Iowa
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A New History Of Iowa
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Author : Jeff Bremer
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2023-10-06
A New History Of Iowa written by Jeff Bremer and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-06 with History categories.
The state of Iowa is largely unappreciated and often misunderstood. It has a small population and sits in the middle of a huge country. It’s thought of as an uninspiring place full of farms and fields of corn. But Iowa represents America as surely as New York and California, and Iowa’s history is more dynamic, complicated, and influential than commonly imagined. Jeff Bremer’s A New History of Iowa offers the most comprehensive history of the Hawkeye State ever written, surveying Iowa from the last ice age through the COVID-19 pandemic. It tells a new and vibrant story, examining the state’s small-town culture, politics, social and economic development, and its many diverse inhabitants. Bremer features well-known individuals, such as Sauk leader Black Hawk, artist Grant Wood, botanist George Washington Carver, suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt, and President Herbert Hoover. But Bremer broadens the state’s story by including new voices—among them, runaway enslaved men who joined Iowa’s 60th Colored Regiment in the Civil War, young female pearl button factory workers, Latino railroad workers who migrated to the state in the early twentieth century, and recent refugees from Southeast Asia and the Balkans. This new story of Iowa provides a brisk, readable narrative written for a broad audience, from high school and college students to teachers and scholars to general readers. It tells the story of ordinary and extraordinary people of all backgrounds and greatly improves our knowledge of a state whose history has been neglected. A New History of Iowa is for everyone who wants to learn about Iowa’s surprising, complex, and remarkable past.
Iowa History Reader
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Author : Marvin Bergman
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2008-03-15
Iowa History Reader written by Marvin Bergman and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-15 with History categories.
In 1978 historian Joseph Wall wrote that Iowa was “still seeking to assert its own identity. . . . It has no real center where the elite of either power, wealth, or culture may congregate. Iowa, in short, is middle America.” In this collection of well-written and accessible essays, originally published in 1996, seventeen of the Hawkeye State’s most accomplished historians reflect upon the dramatic and not-so-dramatic shifts in the middle land’s history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Marvin Bergman has drawn upon his years of editing the Annals of Iowa to gather contributors who cross disciplines, model the craft of writing a historical essay, cover more than one significant topic, and above all interpret history rather than recite it. In his preface to this new printing, he calls attention to publications that begin to fill the gaps noted in the 1996 edition. Rather than survey the basic facts, the essayists engage readers in the actual making of Iowa’s history by trying to understand the meaning of its past. By providing comprehensive accounts of topics in Iowa history that embrace the broader historiographical issues in American history, such as the nature of Progressivism and Populism, the debate over whether women’s expanded roles in wartime carried over to postwar periods, and the place of quantification in history, the essayists contribute substantially to debates at the national level at the same time that they interpret Iowa’s distinctive culture.
History Of Iowa From The Earliest Times To The Beginning Of The Twentieth Century By Benjamin T Gue
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Author : Benjamin F. Gue
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1903
History Of Iowa From The Earliest Times To The Beginning Of The Twentieth Century By Benjamin T Gue written by Benjamin F. Gue and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1903 with Iowa categories.
A History Of Iowa
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Author : Leland L. Sage
language : en
Publisher: Iowa State Press
Release Date : 1987
A History Of Iowa written by Leland L. Sage and has been published by Iowa State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
Paper reprint of the 1974 original.
A History Of The People Of Iowa
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Author : Cyrenus Cole
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
A History Of The People Of Iowa written by Cyrenus Cole and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER LXXXIII The Whirligig Op Politics With the death of the men who had created it. tike old-order was passing away. Bat what were called new iass were merely the old ones with a new shading in color. Tisare said to be only thirteen basic stories in the world, and tar all the tales that have been told and re-told are only variance of these primary ones. There are probably fewer kka* u* government and of possible social and industrial compaea Every possible form of government has been tried at i*tr once, or many times. Even the recall of judges and of judicjopinions which startled some Americans at that time, it wis found had been tried long before. It has been said that all tumoral government possible may be read out of the Ten Commandments of Moses, and all the social ameliorations possblr out of the Sermon on the Mount preached by Jesus Chrsr But as the twenty-odd letters of the alphabet may be arrang* DEGREES to form the literature of a world, so concepts and compact* and ideas may be arranged and re-arranged without end Tj form new laws and new governments. The study of history ought to be the most profitable occupation of mankind, be: those who make the laws and who project them are not always students of history. In their equations human desires coon: for more than human experiences. The impossible is always appearing as the possible. But it may be that out of the attempt to reconcile them, human progress comes. In Iowa the older order was passing away. Colonel David B. Henderson, a valiant fighter but not a far-seeing man. gave up in despair, and Robert G. Cousins, one of the sanest thinkers among the great orators of the state and nation, went into retirement. Leslie M. Shaw, who had been governor and secretary of
Storm Lake
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Author : Art Cullen
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2018-10-02
Storm Lake written by Art Cullen and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-02 with Political Science categories.
"A reminder that even the smallest newspapers can hold the most powerful among us accountable."—The New York Times Book Review Watch the documentary Storm Lake on PBS. Iowa plays an outsize role in national politics. Iowa introduced Barack Obama and voted bigly for Donald Trump. But is it a bellwether for America, a harbinger of its future? Art Cullen’s answer is complicated and honest. In truth, Iowa is losing ground. The Trump trade wars are hammering farmers and manufacturers. Health insurance premiums and drug prices are soaring. That’s what Iowans are dealing with, and the problems they face are the problems of the heartland. In this candid and timely book, Art Cullen—the Storm Lake Times newspaperman who won a Pulitzer Prize for taking on big corporate agri-industry and its poisoning of local rivers—describes how the heartland has changed dramatically over his career. In a story where politics, agriculture, the environment, and immigration all converge, Cullen offers an unsentimental ode to rural America and to the resilient people of a vibrant community of fifteen thousand in Northwest Iowa, as much survivors as their town.
A History Of Iowa
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Author : Leland L. Sage
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974-01-01
A History Of Iowa written by Leland L. Sage and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974-01-01 with Iowa categories.
Paper reprint of the 1974 original.
A Sesquicentennial History Of Iowa State University
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Author : John R. Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 2007-01-23
A Sesquicentennial History Of Iowa State University written by John R. Anderson and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-23 with Education categories.
As centerpiece to its sesquicentennial celebration in 2007-08, IowaState University has commissioned a book to record, for the firsttime, the events and themes of the second half of the 20th century.Emphasizing the years from 1940-2000, this book builds on anearlier history of the University by Earle Ross. The authors,familiar with (knowledgeable about) ISU and expert in their subjectarea, have meticulously researched and skillfully written tenchapters that treat specific decades, particular administrations,or key topics of interest. Written in a lively narrative style, this anthology encompassesa wealth of information. The authors have focused on appealing tothe largest possible audience of Iowa State University supportersand well-wishers: alumni, faculty and staff, and fans throughoutthe state of Iowa. Some will want to read it from cover to cover;others will dip in to relive their years on campus or to pursue afavorite topic like student life or athletics. To enhance thehistorical narrative, entertaining vignettes about students,faculty and administrative leaders, and alumni appear throughoutthe book. Generously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, thisbook invites casual browsing. Its attractive design increasesvisual appeal by using a clean, open layout and readable type. Toensure its value as a gift book, a handsome full-color jacket and 8x 11 format make it suitable for coffee table display whereverloyal Iowa Staters gather. Part 1 contains 4 chapters, leading off with a survey of themajor developments of Iowa State College’s first 80 years,followed by a chronological approach to the years from 1940 forwardthat highlights presidential administrations. Part 2 broadens thebook’s coverage with 6 chapters telling the ISU story fromthe perspective of topics such as the physical landscape of campus,the national and international impacts of the University, and IowaState athletics through the years. This broad-brushed overview of ISU history is rich with detailyet emphasizes the grand themes that defined the nation’sfirst land-grant university.
Benjamin Shambaugh And The Intellectual Foundations Of Public Hisory
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Author : Rebecca Conard
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2001-11
Benjamin Shambaugh And The Intellectual Foundations Of Public Hisory written by Rebecca Conard and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Conard draws upon an unpublished, mid-1940s biography by research historian Jacob Swisher to trace the forces that shaped Shambaugh's early years, his administration of the State Historical Society of Iowa, his development of applied history and commonwealth history in the 1910s and 1920s, and the transformations in his thinking and career during the 1930s. Framing this intriguingly interwoven narrative are chapters that contextualize Shambaugh's professional development within the development of the historical profession as a whole in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and assess his career within the post-World War II emergence of the modern public history movement.
Carnival In The Countryside
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Author : Chris Rasmussen
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2015-08-15
Carnival In The Countryside written by Chris Rasmussen and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-15 with History categories.
More than a century and a half after its founding, the Iowa State Fair is the state's central institution, event, and symbol. During its annual run each August, the fair attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors who make the pilgrimage to the fairground to see the iconic butter cow, to ride the Old Mill, to walk through the livestock barns, and to people-watch. At the same time that they enjoy fried candy bars and roller coasters, Iowans also compete to raise the best corn and zucchinis, to make the best jams and jellies, to rear the finest sheep and goats, the largest cattle and hogs, and the handsomest horses. This tension between entertainment and agriculture goes back all the way to the fair's founding in the mid-1800s, as historian Chris Rasmussen shows in this thought-provoking history. The fair's founders had lofty aims: they sought to improve agriculture and foster a distinctively democratic American civilization. But from the start these noble intentions jostled up against people's desire to have fun and make money, honestly or otherwise--not least because the fair had to pay for itself. In short, the Iowa State Fair has as much to tell us about human nature and American history as it does about growing corn.