This history, which focuses on the economic and social history of Iowa, aims to prove that the location of this heartland state has a significant effect on the identity of its inhabitants. It takes the reader from 17th-century Native American habitation, to the sesqui-centennial in 1996.
Now back in print with a new essay, this classic of Iowa history focuses on the Old Order Amish Mennonites, the state's most distinctive religious minority. Sociologist Elmer Schwieder and historian Dorothy Schwieder began their research with the largest group of Old Order Amish in the state in April 1970; they extended their studies and ...
In this unusual blend of chronological and personal history. Dorothy Hubbard Schwieder combines scholarly sources with family memories to create a loving and informed history of Presho, South Dakota, and her family's life there from the time of settlement in 1905 to the mid 1950s. Schwieder tells the story of this small town in the West River ...
The authors' skillful narrative brings to life the events and the people that compose Iowa's rich heritage. Students will identify with the lives of ordinary people from all periods of Iowa's past, helping them see their own role in the continuing story of Iowa. The inviting format of this book, enhanced by hundreds of illustrations, adds eye ...
From 1900 until the early 1920s, an unusual community existed in America's heartland. It was the largest unincorporated coal-mining community in Iowa and the majority of its 5000 residents were African Americans - unusual for a state which was over 90 per cent white.
The authors' skillful narrative brings to life the events and the people that compose Iowa's rich heritage. Students will identify with the lives of ordinary people from all periods of Iowa's past, helping them see their own role in the continuing story of Iowa. The inviting format of this book, enhanced by hundreds of illustrations, adds eye ...
This history, which focuses on the economic and social history of Iowa, aims to prove that the location of this heartland state has a significant effect on the identity of its inhabitants. It takes the reader from 17th-century Native American habitation, to the sesqui-centennial in 1996.
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