Illinois : a history in pictures
(2011)
By:
Danzer, Gerald A
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
977.3/DANZER,G
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2011]
©2011
©2011
DESCRIPTION
xi, 245 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780252032882 (hardcover : alk. paper), 0252032888 (hardcover : alk. paper), 0252032888 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Contours : the physical geography of Illinois -- Early people to 1700 -- The French encounter and settlements, 1673-1750 -- The struggle for empire, 1750-83 -- The territorial period, 1783-1818 -- The pioneers, 1818-50 -- Railroads and the Civil War, 1850-71 -- The industrial surge, 1870-1900 -- Structures of modern life, 1900-1930 -- Depression, war, and recovery, 1930-60 -- Suburbanization and globalization, 1960-90 -- Entering century 21 : Illinois after 1990 -- Reading Illinois history : some suggestions