Creating Minnesota : a history from the inside out / Annette Atkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atkins, Annette, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conditions.

Minnesota--History.

Minnesota.

History.

Minnesota--Biography.

Minnesota--Social conditions.

Minnesota--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 319 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2007]

Contents:

Preface: The State I'm In xi

1 The Shape of Water and the Feel of Trees: A South Dakotan in Minnesota 3

2 Dancing the Rice 11

3 Campbell Country 26

4 Playing with the Future 34

5 One Mixed-Blood Family Looks for Its Place 49

6 The War Touched Us All 61

7 Not Drawn to Scale 72

8 Making a Living, Making a Life 84

9 The Fairbrothers' Christmas 100

10 Becoming Better and Becoming American 107

11 The Look of the 1920s 119

12 Hanging on for Dear Life 170

13 We Never Had Enough Sugar 192

14 Style Comes to Staples 205

15 "The House That Hubert Built" 219

16 Walleye Quesadilla and the New Minnesota 236

Timeline: Dates Tell a Story, Too 251

Epilogue: Synecdoche 265

A Word to the Wise: Thank You 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-301) and index.

ISBN:

9780873515962

087351596X

OCLC:

140101139

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