Iowa : [electronic resource] the middle land / Dorothy Schwieder.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Native Americans in Iowa -- Exploration, early settlement, and political developments -- Pioneers on the prairie -- Economic development in the nineteenth century -- Iowans and the Civil War era -- cultural diversity: immigrants and African Americans in the Hawkeye State, 1833-80 -- Religious and educational institutions in Iowa: establishing the foundations -- A home first and a business second: agriculture and farm life in the middle years -- Town life in the middle land -- Urban life in the Hawkeye State -- Cultural diversity -- Social, economic, and political issues in Iowa -- Economic development: Iowa's industries and industrial workers -- The 1930s: a time of trial -- World War II and the years beyond -- Iowa in the sixties and seventies -- Iowa: the 1980s and 1990s.