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88 pp, photos
ISBN: 9780870203305

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296 pages, 148 b/w photos and illus., 8.5 x 11"
ISBN: 9780870203145

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693 pp, illustrated, photos
ISBN: 9780870202438

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734 pp, photos
ISBN:9780870203039

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830 pp, photos, maps
ISBN: 9780870202544

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The inaugural volume in the series, "Constitutional Documents and Records 1776-1787" is an introduction to the issues that underlie the ratification struggle that followed. Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press.

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360 pp, illustrated, photographs, maps
ISBN: 9780870203534

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200 pp, illustrations, 5.5" x 6.5"
ISBN:9780870203831

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144 pages, 83 photos, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204074

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416 pages, 37 b/w photos and illus., 6.125 x 9.25"
ISBN: 9780870204265

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A Short History of Wisconsin offers a fresh understanding of how Wisconsin came into being and how Wisconsinites past and present share a deep connection to the land itself.

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304 pages, 41 b/w photos, 6 x9
ISBN: 9780870204951

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160 pages, 86 b/w photos, illus., and maps, 7 x 9"
ISBN: 9780870204272

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256 pages, 19 b&w photos, 1 map
ISBN: 9780870206788

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Archeologist Robert A. Birmingham traces the largely unknown story of this community, detailing the role it played in preserving Native culture through a harsh period of US Indian policy from the 1880s to 1930s.

From murder and matchstick men to all-consuming fires, painted women, and Great Lakes disasters--and the wide-eyed public who could not help but gawk at it all—Milwaukee Mayhem uncovers the little-remembered and rarely told history of the underbelly of a Midwestern metropolis.

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288 pages, 12 maps, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870207204

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224 pages, 24 b & w photos an dillus, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870203220

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Warm, plainspoken, and wryly funny, Clark shares his own American Indian story, talking frankly about a culture’s struggle to maintain its heritage.

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240 pages, b&w photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870207822

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304 pages, 34 b&w photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870208386

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240 pages, 29 b&w and color photos, 5 ½ x 8 ½
ISBN: 978-0-87020-855-3

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ISBN: 978-0-87020-832-4

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From singing mayors to bloody labor disturbances, "Cream City Chronicles" is a generous collection of lively stories that express the character of a hometown metropolis.

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432 pages, 161 b/w illus., 8x9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-883-6

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Remembered by many Wisconsinites as a friendly, hand-shaking fixture at sporting events and state fairs, Proxmire was one of the few politicians who voted his conscience and never forgot about the people he represented.

Captured in rich prose are the voices of the CCC boys who, by preserving Wisconsin's natural beauty between 1933 and 1942, discovered purpose in their labor and founded an enduring legacy of environmental stewardship.

Award-winning newspaper columnist Dennis McCann’s talent for distilling complex subjects into brief stories answers the question "What makes Wisconsin, Wisconsin?”

Told with a blend of scholarly research, interviews, and personal experience of the author, this latest addition to the popular "People of Wisconsin" series shares the Hmong’s varied stories of survival and hope as they have joined Wisconsin communities.

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Coming Out, Moving Forward, the second volume in R. Richard Wagner’s groundbreaking work on gay history in Wisconsin, outlines the challenges that LGBT Wisconsinites faced in their efforts to right past oppressions and secure equality in the post-Stonewall period between 1969 and 2000. More details, below.

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The first in a planned six-volume series examining the intense debate over the drafting and ratification of the first Ten Amendments to the Constitution. The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution series is a reference collection that aims to preserve the state-by-state debates about the ratification of the United States Constitution. Details below.

Hundreds of African American soldiers and regimental employees represented Wisconsin in the Civil War, and many of them lived in the state either before or after the conflict. And yet, if these individuals are mentioned at all in histories of the state, it is with a sentence or two about their small numbers.... Full details below.

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Turn heads at the polls with buttons that celebrate the democratic process.

The Midwestern landscape has given rise to significant visionaries whose extraordinary intellectualism has contributed to forming an American identity.

Examines the intense debate over the drafting and ratification of the first ten Amendments to the Constitution. A profoundly important documentary record of the effort to protect human rights during the Revolutionary War Era.

Two Trailblazing Black Women in the Republican Party. Wisconsin's "Plaster Doctor: Quack or Cure?" Book Excerpt: "Wisconsin Waters." More!

Zona Gale and the So-called School of Wisconsin Authors. Outside Artist Sid Boyum. Book Excerpt: "Hmong in Wisconsin." More!

Winning Women's Suffrage. Lead Mining & Slavery. Book Excerpt: "Proxmire: Bulldog of the Senate." More!

The nation-to-nation treaties and other documents discussed here testify to the complexity and sovereignty of Indigenous governance then and now. This volume is a vital resource for historians and an accessible introduction to Indigenous treatymaking in Wisconsin.

From the Northwoods to Alaska. John Muir's University Days. Book Excerpt: "Job Man." More!

Examines the intense debate over the drafting and ratification of the first ten Amendments to the Constitution. A profoundly important documentary record of the effort to protect human rights during the Revolutionary War Era.

Author B.J. Hollars chronicles JFK’s nail-biting Wisconsin win by drawing on rarely cited oral histories from the eclectic team of people who worked together to make it happen: a cranberry farmer, a union leader, a mayor, an architect, and others.

Ann Bausum chronicles the intertwining struggles of poverty, labor rights and civil rights culminating in the poignant final days of Martin Luther King Jr's life and his enduring legacy.

A defining document in the women's rights movement in the United States. Author Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a leader in the women's rights movement during the mid to late 19th century.

The program examines how this town became an integral part of the state's growth, connecting Wisconsin's past to the present.

Civil War historian Cal Schoonover sheds new light on the exploits of Wisconsin soldiers in this turning point to secure the Union.

The Thirty-Second “Red Arrow” Infantry Division played a crucial role for the Allied Forces in the Pacific. Learn how this National Guard unit with origins in the Midwest became one of the most effective—and most battle-tested—US combat units in WWII.

In this Issue: A Potawatomi Drum Dance Story; "Messy Radio" and Alternative Music in Milwaukee; Book Excerpt: "Wisconsin for Kennedy"

A powerful memoir that illuminates life on the home front and the impact of World War II on an American family.

This book tells the stories of many women who have been important to the history of Wisconsin. Written by Ruth De Young Kohler, Chairman of the Committee on Wisconsin Women for the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial.

The fourth in a planned five-volume series examining the intense debate over the drafting and ratification of the first Ten Amendments to the Constitution.

Beautifully illustrated with historic photographs and original artwork, this compelling biography for young readers tells the remarkable story of fair housing advocate and civic leader Vel Phillips.

An essential introduction to civics for children in grades 3–5, this revised and updated edition is filled with tools and resources to inspire a new generation of readers to understand and participate in our democracy.

From amendments and elections to Congress and our Constitution, this picture book helps make our system of government understandable for young readers.

In this Issue: Black Nite Part One; RNC Mayhem; Femineering the Kitchen; The Barn at Little Finland; Book Excerpt: "We Had Fun and Nobody Died"

In this Issue: Black Nite Part Two; RNC Mayhem; Fifty Years of D&D; From Rippon to Selma; Book Excerpt: "Chasing the Stars"

In this Issue: Bugle American; A Gap Year in Wartime; Political Collecting; Book Excerpt, "Extra! Extra! Eat All About It!"

Milwaukee is full of weird borders, streets that do not line up right, creepy cemeteries and other curious things. Historian James Nelsen shares joyous and amazing stories of the Cream City’s strange history.