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Author:

Biles, Roger, 1950-

Title:

Illinois : a history of the land and its people / Roger Biles.

Publisher:

Northern Illinois University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

x, 341 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Illinois--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-331) and index.

Contents:

The Indians and the French -- British colonial rule and American independence -- From territory to statehood -- Settling the frontier -- Slave state or free? -- Civil War -- A modernizing world -- The spirit of reform -- An artistic renaissance -- World War I and the Red scare -- Prosperity and depression -- World War II -- Postwar boom and suburban growth -- Turbulence and change -- An uncertain future.

ISBN:

9780875806044
9780875803494
9780875806044 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
087580604X (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780875803494 (acid-free paper)
0875803490 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)58526330

LCCN:

2005007279

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)