Iowa Past To Present

Author : Dorothy Schwieder
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609380126
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iowa Past to Present written by Dorothy Schwieder and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Iowa Past to Present, originally published in 1989, Dorothy Schwieder, Thomas Morain, and Lynn Nielsen combine their extensive knowledge of Iowa’s history with years of experience addressing the educational needs of elementary and middle-school students. Their skillful and accessible narrative brings alive the people and events that populate Iowa’s rich heritage. This revised edition brings the story into the twenty-first century and makes a paperback edition available for the first time. Beginning with Iowa’s changing geological landforms, the authors progress to historical, political, and social aspects of life in Iowa through the present day. The chapters explore such topics as the native peoples of the region; pioneer settlements on the prairie; the building of the railroad; the Civil War; the influence of immigrants; the formation of the state government and development of the current politic system; education; the Great Depression; religion (including a separate chapter on Mennonites and the Old Order Amish); life on the farm; business, industry, and economics; and the turmoil caused by World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War. A new chapter written specifically for this edition explains the impact of 9/11 on Iowa, discusses the roles played by Iowa soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, and updates information on the newest immigrant populations of the state. The authors have teamed with Iowa Public Television's Iowa Pathways project to create a new Iowa Past to Present teacher's guide available online at “a href="http://iptv.org/iowapathways">http://iptv.org/iowapathways/a”. This guide includes additional articles, videos, links, and curriculum resources to support the textbook. Iowa Past to Present, its inviting format enhanced by hundreds of illustrations, is informed by three of the state’s most respected historians. The latest revision continues to be an important part of the curriculum for teachers and parents wanting their children to know all about Iowa history. /div

Author : Jeri Freedman
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1448800374
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iowa written by Jeri Freedman and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2010-01-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the history, geography, government, economy, and people of Iowa, as well as general facts about the state.

Author : Dorothy Schwieder
Publisher : Iowa State Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iowa Past to Present written by Dorothy Schwieder and published by Iowa State Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of Iowa, from its earliest inhabitants to the coming of modern times.

Author : Marvin Bergman
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609380118
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iowa History Reader written by Marvin Bergman and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2008-03-15 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Robert McClain Corbit
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Jones County, Iowa written by Robert McClain Corbit and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lynn Nielsen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781587295775
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teacher's Guide for Iowa Past to Present written by Lynn Nielsen and published by . This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert McClain Corbit
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Jones County, Iowa written by Robert McClain Corbit and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edwin B. Stillman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Past and Present of Greene County, Iowa written by Edwin B. Stillman and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lance M. Foster
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1587298171
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Indians of Iowa written by Lance M. Foster and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of Iowa's Native American tribes that discusses their history, culture, language, and traditions, and includes illustrations.

Author : William John Wagner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sixty Sketches of Iowa's Past and Present written by William John Wagner and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: