Hinterland Dreams : : The Political Economy of a Midwestern City / / Eric J. Morser.
In the 1840s, La Crosse, Wisconsin, was barely more than a trading post nestled on the banks of the Mississippi River. But by 1900 the sleepy frontier town had become a thriving city. Hinterland Dreams tracks the growth of this community and shows that government institutions and policies were as im...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American Business, Politics, and Society
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 21 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue. Professor Turner's Audience
- PART I. PAVING THE WAY
- Chapter One. Red Bird's Tale
- Chapter Two. A Story of Settlement
- Chapter Three. Politics and Pine
- PART II. BOOSTING MUNICIPAL POWER
- Chapter Four. Iron Tracks to the City
- Chapter Five. "Th e Most Necessary Reformes"
- PART III. NEW ECONOMIC VOICES
- Chapter Six. From White Beaver to Working Man
- Chapter Seven. Fredericka's World
- Conclusion. "A City of Bustling Trade"
- Index
- Acknowledgments