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228 pages, 6 x 9
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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"
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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
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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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360 pages, 6 x 9
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.

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 Constitution of the United States in Spanish

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.

The second volume in R. Richard Wagner’s groundbreaking work on gay history in Wisconsin explores the challenges that LGBT Wisconsinites faced in the post-Stonewall period between 1969 and 2000.

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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!

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.

Fates and Traitors is a historical fiction that brings to life pivotal actors who made an indelible mark on the history of the United States.

This autobiography of Tommy G. Thompson follows this politician's journey from his unprecedented four terms as Wisconsin governor to his time as a cabinet secretary under George W. Bush.

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.

The Civil War as seen through the point of view of Captain Henry F. Young, as told through his 155 letters home.

An interactive guide to the history and inner workings of the legislative branch of the U.S. Government

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.