Wisconsin Frontier

Informationen zum Autor Mark Wyman is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Illinois State University. He is author of several books, including Round-Trip to America: The Immigrants Return to Europe, 1880-1930 and Hoboes: Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West. Klappentext This captivating history reveals the conflicts, the defeats, the victories, and the way the future looked to Wisconsin's peoples at the beginning of the 20th century. Zusammenfassung An engaging history of Wisconsin through the end of the 19th century Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication List of Illustrations List of Maps Preface Acknowledgments Chapter I The French Open a Frontier Chapter II Before the Europeans Chapter III Frenchmen and Indians Chapter IV An Arena for International Competition Chapter V Struggle Over the Upper Lakes Chapter VI Miners, Indian Wars, and a Frontier Transformed Chapter VII Rush to the Land Chapter VIII An Ethnic and Religious Jumble Chapter IX Restricting the Indian Domain Chapter X Logging the Pineries Chapter XI Legacies Essay on Sources Index

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Mark Wyman is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Illinois State University. He is author of several books, including Round-Trip to America: The Immigrants Return to Europe, 1880-1930 and Hoboes: Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mark Wyman, Wyman Mark
• Editore: Indiana University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 23.02.2011
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni
• EAN: 9780253223326
• ISBN: 978-0-253-22332-6
• Numero di pagine: 360
• Serie: History of the Trans-Appalachi; Indiana University Press; History of the Trans-Appalachi; A History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier
• Categorie: USA Mittlerer Westen; History - U.S.; HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)