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| Material Type: | Government publication, Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Roger Biles |
| ISBN: | 0875803490 087580604X 9780875803494 9780875806044 |
| OCLC Number: | 634954359 |
| Description: | x, 341 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten |
| Contents: | Table of ContentsList of mapsPreface1 The Indians and the French2 British Colonial Rule and American Independence3 From Territory to Statehood4 Settling the Frontier5 Slave State or Free?6 Civil War7 A Modernizing World8 The Spirit of Reform9 An Artistic Renaissance10 World War I and the Red Scare11 Prosperity and Depression12 World War II13 Postwar Boom and Suburban Growth14 Turbulence and Change15 An Uncertain FutureEpilogueNotesBibliographical EssayIndex |
| Responsibility: | Roger Biles. |
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"Biles' first-rate primer on the state's history will be a useful resource for anyone curious about a state whose residents have played crucial roles in almost every major episode in the nation's history." * Chicago Tribune * "Lively and informative.... Biles clearly and cogently traces the Prairie State's distinctive history, from its earliest geological and Indian eras to the present." * THe annals of iowa * "A scholarly and highly accessible survey text that balances the rural and urban experience." * Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society * Read more...
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