Indiana history : a book of readings /
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| Imprint: | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1994. |
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| Description: | xiv, 442 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1723668 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Indiana: The Land and the People
- A Poetic Question
- Indiana: A New Perspective
- 1. The First Inhabitants
- Indian Achievements
- Indiana's Prehistoric Culture
- The First Europeans
- The Failure of French Policy
- The French Fort at Vincennes
- 2. The Era of the American Revolution, 1763-1789
- A Historian's View
- The Characters of Henry Hamilton and George Rogers Clark Compared
- A Participant Writes
- Our March Upon Vincennes
- An Enlightened Western Policy
- The Northwest Ordinance, 1787
- 3. Harrison, Tecumseh, and Territorial Politics
- Contrary Patterns in Territorial Life
- Democratic Influences in Territorial Indian
- Slavery in the Indiana Territory/Jacob Piatt Dunn
- A Classic Confrontation
- Tecumseh, Harrison, and the War of 1812
- The Battle of Tippecanoe
- An Eyewitness Account of Tippecanoe
- Chief Shabonee's Account of Tippecanoe
- The Nineteenth State
- Statehood Achieved
- 4. Life on the Indiana Frontier
- Pioneers
- The Settlers
- Senator Smith's Reminiscences
- Cultural Centers of the 1820s
- Robert Owen's New Harmony
- William Conner's Farm
- Establishing the Public Schools
- Transportation Problems and Plans
- The Wabash and Erie Canal
- Beginning the Railroad Network
- Pioneer Agriculture
- The Farming Seasons
- The First State Fair
- 5. The Era of the Civil War
- Political Developments
- The Fugitive Slave Law in Operation
- Birth of the Republican Party in Indiana
- The Impact of War upon Indiana
- Indiana in the Civil War
- Morgan'a Raid into Southern Indiana, July 1863
- Postwar Patterns
- The 1870s in Context
- Governor "Blue Jeans" Williams
- 6. Into the Modern Era
- Natural Gas
- The Gas Boom
- Life in the Capital City
- Indianapolis and Midwestern Culture
- Manufacturing and Industry
- The Growth of Manufacturing
- A New Industry
- 7. The New Century
- Politics and Prohibition
- The Riddle of Governor Hanly
- Roads and Rails
- Farmers, Postmen, and the Good Roads Movement
- Indiana's Interurban System
- Inventions
- Stellite: "Not Steel but Its Master"
- The State Centennial
- Centennial Legacy: The State Park System
- 8. Indiana Writers
- Practitioners of the Art
- Hoosier Authors" Who and Why
- A Cartoonist and a Humorist
- Autobiographical Excerpts
- Grandfather's Pants
- An Ernie Pyle Sampler
- The Tradition Continues
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Jean Shepherd
- 9. Hoosier Life after 1920
- The Ku Klux Klan in Indiana
- The Klan and a Congressman
- The Rise and Fall of D.C. Stephenson
- Higher Education
- Professor Kinsey at Indiana
- Politics and Society during the Depression
- Depression Governor
- The WPA in Indiana
- The Revival of the Republican Party
- Tenant Farming Life During the Depression
- 10. War, and Cold War
- The Urban Home Front
- Indiana's Mobilization for War
- Race Relations in Indiana
- A Summary View
- Political Issues following 1945
- Senator William E. Jenner
- House Resolution No. 2
- Repeal of the Resolution
- 11. Recent Trends
- Economic Issues
- The Struggle for Burns Harbor
- Indianapolis on the Rebound
- Politcal Issues
- The 1964 Primary Electionh
- One Person, One Vote?
- High School and Collegiate Sports
- Indiana's Cinderella Basketball Team
- Small College Rivalry: Wabash vs. DePauw
- The Hoosier Character
- Indiana in the 1950s
- A Bicentennial View
- Index