A History of Iowa
Author | : Leland L. Sage |
Publisher | : Iowa State Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780813807164 |
Paper reprint of the 1974 original.
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Author | : Leland L. Sage |
Publisher | : Iowa State Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780813807164 |
Paper reprint of the 1974 original.
Author | : Marvin Bergman |
Publisher | : University of Iowa Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008-03-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781587296345 |
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.
Author | : Lance M. Foster |
Publisher | : University of Iowa Press |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2009-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1587298171 |
An overview of Iowa's Native American tribes that discusses their history, culture, language, and traditions, and includes illustrations.
Author | : Dorothy Schwieder |
Publisher | : University of Iowa Press |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1996-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1587295490 |
In this engrossing history of the Hawkeye State, Dorothy Schweider reveals a place of fascinating grassroots politics, economic troubles and triumphs, surprising cultural diversity, and unsung natural beauty. Above all, this is the history of the people of Iowa and the lives they have led—the accomplishments of both ordinary and not-so-ordinary Iowans.
Author | : Darcy Dougherty Maulsby |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2018-08-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439656991 |
This volume serves up a bountiful combination of local history, classic recipes, and colorful Midwestern food lore. Iowa’s delectable cuisine is quintessentially midwestern, grounded in its rich farming heritage and spiced with diverse ethnic influences. Classics like fresh sweet corn and breaded pork tenderloins are found on menus and in home kitchens across the state. At the world-famous Iowa State Fair, a dizzying array of food on a stick commands a nationwide cult following. From Maid-Rites to the moveable feast known as RAGBRAI, A Culinary History of Iowa reveals the remarkable stories behind Iowa originals. Find recipes for favorites ranging from classic Iowa ham balls and Steak de Burgo to homemade cinnamon rolls—served with chili, of course!
Author | : Mary Bennett |
Publisher | : Bureau Oak Original |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001-02 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9780877457534 |
This work invites the reader to travel through 60 years of Iowa history, between 1860 and 1920, and to view the state in turn-of-the-century glory. Lavish illustrations show harvest times, main streets, children playing, and leisure activities of the time - warmly redolent of a time gone by.
Author | : Art Cullen |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2018-10-02 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0525558888 |
"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.
Author | : Katy Swalwell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2020-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781649450661 |
Inspired by 'Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls' and 'Rad Women A to Z,' Iowa State education professor Katy Swalwell worked with over 25 Iowa women artists and RAYGUN to create an illustrated children's book that celebrates the incredible accomplishments through short biographies of a diverse set of women throughout Iowa's history. The book is available at raygunsite.com.