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1 online resource |
| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Maps""; ""List of Tables""; ""Preface to the Fourth Edition""; ""1. The Environment: Land, Water, People""; ""2. Historic Peoples and European Contact""; ""3. An American Empire""; ""4. Indian Country""; ""5. The Platte River Road""; ""6. Nebraska Territory""; ""7. The Politics of Statehood""; ""8. Building Connections""; ""9. Rails across the State""; ""10. Cultures in Conflict""; ""11. Shifting Power on the Plains""; ""12. Years of Settlement""; ""13. Agrarian Hardships"" |
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""14. Cattle and Cow Towns""""15. The Passing of the Frontier""; ""16. Power to the People: Populism""; ""17. Populism to Progressivism""; ""18. Prosperity and the Great War""; ""19. Postwar Challenges""; ""20. Postwar Progress and Modernity""; ""21. Depression, Relief, and Recovery""; ""22. Nebraska and World War II""; ""23. Progressive Legacies""; ""24. Prosperity and Party Ascendancy""; ""25. Beyond the Centennial: New Realities""; ""26. Holding the Line on Expanding Costs""; ""27. Recession, Banking Crises, and Recession Again""; ""28. Economic Development and Nuclear Waste"" |
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""29. Change and Continuity: Demands and Costs""""30. The New Millennium""; ""Appendix 1. Officials of the Territory of Nebraska, 1854�67""; ""Appendix 2. Governors of the State of Nebraska""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About Ronald C. Naugle""; ""About John J. Montag""; ""About James C. Olson"" |
| Summary |
Ronald C. Naugle is professor emeritus of history at Nebraska Wesleyan University. The author and editor of numerous books, he is coeditor of Nebraska Quilts and Quiltmakers and the online edition of Encyclopedia Britannica's Nebraska . John J. Montag is professor emeritus of library and information technology at Nebraska Wesleyan University. James C. Olson (1917-2005) was president emeritus of the University of Missouri. He is the author of several books, including Stuart Symington: A Life |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Regions & Countries - Americas.
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History & Archaeology.
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United States Local History.
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| SUBJECT |
Nebraska -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090534
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| Subject |
Nebraska
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Montag, John J., author
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Olson, James C., author
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| LC no. |
2014025848 |
| ISBN |
0803286325 |
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9780803286320 |
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