Iowa Past to Present

by Schwieder, Dorothy; Morain, Thomas; Nielsen, Lynn

• ISBN13: 9781609380366
• ISBN10: 1609380363
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-16
• Publisher: Univ of Iowa Pr

Summary

First University of Iowa Press edition will be a paperback, Revised Third Edition.

Table of Contents

The Study of History	p. vii
The Changing Land	p. 1
American Indians: The Earliest People In Iowa	p. 15
Many Flags over Iowa	p. 34
Pioneers on the Prairie	p. 44
Pioneer Life on the Prairie	p. 58
Rivers, Trails, and Train Tracks: Transportation In The 1800s	p. 72
A Nation Divided	p. 94
Settlers from Many Lands	p. 109
Providing a Government	p. 134
Schools for a New State	p. 149
Keeping the Faith on the Frontier	p. 164
Experiments in Community Living	p. 183
Life on the Farm-Iowa Style	p. 203
New Inventions Bring Change	p. 221
Business and Industry in Iowa	p. 238
World War I and Hard Times After	p. 258
Depression, Changing Times, and World War II	p. 276
A Time of Many Changes	p. 294
Iowa in the World	p. 308
Index	p. 325
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