The history of Wisconsin. Volume IV, The progressive era, 1893-1914 / John D. Buenker ; William Fletcher Thompson, general editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buenker, John D.

Contributor:

Thompson, William Fletcher, 1929-

Series:

History of Wisconsin

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wisconsin-History.

Wisconsin-Politics and government.

Wisconsin-Social conditions.

Wisconsin--History.

Wisconsin.

Wisconsin--Politics and government.

Wisconsin--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (781 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison : State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Published in Wisconsin's Sesquicentennial year, this fourth volume in The History of Wisconsin series covers the twenty tumultuous years between the World's Columbian Exposition and the First World War when Wisconsin essentially reinvented itself, becoming the nation's "laboratory of democracy." The period known as the Progressive Era began to.

Contents:

""Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Contributors ""; ""Note on Citations ""; ""1. The Paradox of Progress ""; ""2. Becoming America's Dairyland ""; ""3. Industrial Transformations ""; ""4. Urbanism, Crisis, and Reform ""; ""5. Natives and Newcomers ""; ""6. Redefining Work ""; ""7. A Passion for Newness and for System ""; ""8. Education for Progress ""; ""9. On the Eve of Reform ""; ""10. The Advent of La Follette ""; ""11. Reform Ascendant ""; ""12. The Most Progressive State ""; ""13. Wisconsin Ideas ""; ""14. Disintegration and Legacy ""; ""Appendix ""; ""Essay on Sources ""; ""Index ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 5, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-87020-631-1

OCLC:

923518013