Encyclopedia of Iowa
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Publisher: North American Book Dist LLC
Published: 1995-01-01
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 0403099188
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Author:
Publisher: North American Book Dist LLC
Published: 1995-01-01
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 0403099188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ezra Christian Ebersole
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 1698
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lance M. Foster
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 2009-10
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 1587298171
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn overview of Iowa's Native American tribes that discusses their history, culture, language, and traditions, and includes illustrations.
Author: David P. Redlawsk
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 0226706966
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf Barack Obama had not won in Iowa, most commentators believe that he would not have been able to go on to capture the Democratic nomination for president. Why Iowa? offers the definitive account of those early weeks of the campaign season: from how the Iowa caucuses work and what motivates the candidates’ campaigns, to participation and turnout, as well as the lingering effects that the campaigning had on Iowa voters. Demonstrating how “what happens in Iowa” truly reverberates throughout the country, five-time Iowa precinct caucus chair David P. Redlawsk and his coauthors take us on an inside tour of one of the most media-saturated and speculated-about campaign events in American politics. Considering whether a sequential primary system, in which early, smaller states such as Iowa and New Hampshire have such a tremendous impact is fair or beneficial to the country as a whole, the authors here demonstrate that not only is the impact warranted, but it also reveals a great deal about informational elements of the campaigns. Contrary to conventional wisdom, this sequential system does confer huge benefits on the nominating process while Iowa’s particularly well-designed caucus system—extensively explored here for the first time—brings candidates’ arguments, strengths, and weaknesses into the open and under the media’s lens.
Author: Andrew R. L. Cayton
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2006-11-08
Total Pages: 1918
ISBN-13: 0253003490
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis first-ever encyclopedia of the Midwest seeks to embrace this large and diverse area, to give it voice, and help define its distinctive character. Organized by topic, it encourages readers to reflect upon the region as a whole. Each section moves from the general to the specific, covering broad themes in longer introductory essays, filling in the details in the shorter entries that follow. There are portraits of each of the region's twelve states, followed by entries on society and culture, community and social life, economy and technology, and public life. The book offers a wealth of information about the region's surprising ethnic diversity -- a vast array of foods, languages, styles, religions, and customs -- plus well-informed essays on the region's history, culture and values, and conflicts. A site of ideas and innovations, reforms and revivals, and social and physical extremes, the Midwest emerges as a place of great complexity, signal importance, and continual fascination.
Author: Newton Bateman
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 746
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alan Axelrod
Publisher: H W Fowler
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 911
ISBN-13: 0816060223
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA reference to the ideological, military, political, biographical, and social topics surrounding World War II, which is often considered the pivotal event of the twentieth century.
Author: Alan Axelrod
Publisher: Checkmark Books
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780816038718
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDebunking the spurious reputations of some, detailing the authenticity of others, The International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders contains over 800 A-to-Z entries describing the names, natures, and purposes of secret societies throughout history and around the world. An extensive introduction gives readers a solid overview of the evolution of secret societies from their ancient roots, typologies of secret societies - how and why they specialized, why schisms and splinter groups are almost inevitable, how brotherhoods often formed around one charismatic personality, and why memberships are now declining. Further, The International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders has a comprehensive bibliography, an index, and includes the addresses of secret societies in existence today.
Author: Martha Royce Blaine
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780806127286
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis account is the first extensive ethnohistory of the Ioway Indians, whose influence - out of all proportion to their numbers - stemmed partly from the strategic location of their homeland between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Beginning with archaeological sites in northeast Iowa, Martha Royce Blaine traces Ioway history from ancient to modern times. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, French, Spanish, and English traders vied for the tribe's favor and for permission to cross their lands. The Ioways fought in the French and Indian War in New York, the War of 1812, and the Civil War, but ultimately their influence waned as they slowly lost control of their sovereignty and territory. By the end of the nineteenth century, the Ioways were separated in reservations in Nebraska, Kansas, and Indian Territory. A new preface by the author carries the story to modern times and discusses the present status of and issues concerning the Oklahoma and the Kansas and Nebraska Ioways.
Author: Gordon Morris Bakken
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2006-02-24
Total Pages: 945
ISBN-13: 1412905508
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough sweeping entries, focused biographies, community histories, economic enterprise analysis, and demographic studies, this Encyclopedia presents the tapestry of the West and its population during various periods of migration. Examines the settling of the West and includes coverage of movements of American Indians, African Americans, and the often-forgotten role of women in the West's development.