Indiana History: A Book of ReadingsRalph D. Gray These readings provide an overview of Indiana history based upon primary and secondary acounts of significant events and personalities. This treasure trove includes work by George Rogers Clark, Emma Lou Thornbrough, George Ade, Dan Wakefield, and many more. |
Contents
A POETIC QUESTION William Herschell | 7 |
The First Inhabitants | 15 |
The First Europeans | 22 |
The Era of the American Revolution 17631789 | 37 |
A Participant Writes | 45 |
Harrison Tecumseh and Territorial Politics | 59 |
SLAVERY IN THE INDIANA TERRITORY Jacob Piatt Dunn | 67 |
The Battle of Tippecanoe | 77 |
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Manufacturing and Industry | 200 |
The New Century | 213 |
Roads and Rails | 221 |
Inventions | 235 |
The State Centennial | 244 |
Practitioners of the Art | 250 |
Autobiographical Excerpts | 263 |
The Nineteenth State | 87 |
A Classic Confrontation | 90 |
Life on the Indiana Frontier | 93 |
Cultural Centers of the 1820s | 106 |
Transportation Problems and Plans | 121 |
Pioneer Agriculture | 134 |
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The Impact of War upon Indiana | 155 |
Postwar Patterns | 171 |
78 | 177 |
Into the Modern Era | 185 |
Life in the Capital City | 192 |
The Tradition Continues | 276 |
Hoosier Life after 1920 | 290 |
Higher Education | 312 |
Politics and Society during the Depression | 323 |
The Urban Home Front | 352 |
Political Issues following 1945 | 360 |
Recent Trends | 378 |
Political Issues | 390 |
High School and Collegiate Sports | 406 |
The Hoosier Character | 420 |
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