TY - BOOK AU - Schwieder,Dorothy TI - Iowa: the middle land SN - 0813823072 (acid-free paper) AV - F621 .S38 1996 U1 - 977.7 20 PY - 1996/// CY - Ames PB - Iowa State University Press KW - Iowa KW - History N1 - 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 UR - http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a6d6-aa UR - http://www.archive.org/details/iowamiddleland00schw UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL808454M ER -