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The history of Wisconsin. Volume III, Urbanization and industrialization, 1873-1893 / Robert C. Nesbit ; William Fletcher Thompson, general editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nesbit, Robert C. (Robert Carrington), 1917-
- Series:
- History of Wisconsin
- History of Wisconsin ; v.3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wisconsin-History-1848-.
- Wisconsin--History--1848-.
- Wisconsin.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (745 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison : State Historical Society of Wisconsin, [1985]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Although the years from 1873-1893 lacked the well known, dramatic events of the periods before and after, this period presented a major transformation in Wisconsin's economy.The third volume in the History of Wisconsin series presents a balanced, comprehensive, and witty account of these two decades of dynamic growth and change in Wisconsin.
- Contents:
- ""Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Contributors ""; ""Maps ""; ""Note on Citations ""; ""Part I - The Economy""; ""1 - Agriculture""; ""2 - Lumbering""; ""3 - Transportation""; ""4 - Industry""; ""5 - Making a Living""; ""Part II - Communities""; ""6 - Population""; ""7 - Communities""; ""8 - Labor""; ""9 - Inequalities""; ""10 - Life and Times""; ""11 - Old-Time Politics""; ""12 - Government""; ""Appendix ""; ""Essay on Sources ""; ""Index ""
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- "Essay on sources": pages 651-674.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-87020-630-3
- OCLC:
- 923518038
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