Hoosiers : a new history of indiana / James H. Madison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madison, James H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indiana--History.

Indiana.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (452 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana ; Indianapolis, Indiana : Indiana University Press : Indiana Historical Society Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Who are the people called Hoosiers? What are their stories? Two centuries ago, on the Indiana frontier, they were settlers who created a way of life they passed to later generations. They came to value individual freedom and distrusted government, even as they demanded that government remove Indians, sell them land, and bring democracy. Down to the present, Hoosiers have remained wary of government power and have taken care to guard their tax dollars and their personal independence. Yet the people of Indiana have always accommodated change, exchanging log cabins and spinning wheels for rail

Contents:

The place and people before the Americans

The American nation and the West, 1776-1800

From a territory to a state, 1800-1816

On the Indiana frontier

The evolving pioneer economy

Pioneers and a better life

Pioneer government and politics

The Civil War comes to Indiana

New ways to make a living, 1850-1920

A Hoosier community, 1850-1920

The Indiana way of politics, 1873-1920

Flappers and Klansmen challenge traditions : the 1920's

Depression and war test Hoosiers, 1929-1945

Hoosier traditions and the winds of change

Government, politics, and the people

Some thoughts on twenty-first-century Hoosiers.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253013101

0253013100

OCLC:

892798987