The Wisconsin Capitol
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 12,86 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Wisconsin
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 12,86 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Wisconsin
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Page : 810 pages
File Size : 34,24 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Wisconsin
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Author : Diana Cook
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Page : 110 pages
File Size : 36,27 MB
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 9781879483026
Diana Cook recounts some of the rich history and little-known facts about the magnificent Wisconsin State Capitol building, in a volume of interest and value to every Wisconsin resident and to all who tour this building and marvel at its sheer grandeur. With this book in a visitor's hand, the Capitol will make sense and be fun to discover. -- Wisconsin State Journal
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Page : 72 pages
File Size : 19,82 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Madison (Wis.)
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Author : Michael Edmonds
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 37,15 MB
Release : 2017-06-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0870208438
On the occasion of the Capitol’s centennial in 2017, this book tells the remarkable story of the building—in all its incarnations—and the people who made history beneath its dome. The book covers the creation of the territorial capitol in 1837, the construction of the second capitol in the 1860s (and the fire that almost completely destroyed it in 1904), the eleven-year construction project that completed the third capitol in 1917, and the extensive conservation project of the 1990s that restored the building to its grandeur. Supporting the framework of this architectural history are colorful stories about the people who shaped Wisconsin from within the Capitol—attorneys, senators, and governors (from Henry Dodge to Scott Walker), as well as protesters, reformers, secretaries, tour guides, custodians, and even Old Abe, the Capitol’s resident eagle. Combining historical photographs with modern, full-color architectural photos, The Wisconsin Capitol provides fascinating details about the building, while also emphasizing the importance of the Capitol in Wisconsin’s storied history.
Author : Christian A. Holst
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Page : 63 pages
File Size : 27,79 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Wisconsin
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Author : Wisconsin. Bureau of Engineering
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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 42,78 MB
Release : 1946
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Author : Michael D. Yates
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,24 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Law
ISBN : 1583672826
In early 2011, the nation was stunned to watch Wisconsin's state capitol in Madison come under sudden and unexpected occupation by union members and their allies. The protests to defend collective bargaining rights were militant and practically unheard of in this era of declining union power. Nearly forty years of neoliberalism and the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression have battered the labor movement, and workers have been largely complacent in the face of stagnant wages, slashed benefits and services, widening unemployment, and growing inequality. That is, until now.
Author : Wisconsin. Department of Administration
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Page : 59 pages
File Size : 28,39 MB
Release : 1975
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Author : Matthew Kearney
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 38,2 MB
Release : 2018-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 149856898X
The Wisconsin Uprising of 2011 was one of the largest sustained collective actions in the history of the United States. Newly-elected Governor Scott Walker introduced a shock proposal that threatened the existence of public unions and access to basic health care, then insisted on rapid passage. The protests that erupted were neither planned nor coordinated. The largest, in Madison, consolidated literally overnight into a horizontally organized leaderless and leaderful community. That community featured a high level of internal social order, complete with distribution of food and basic medical care, group assemblies for collective decision making, written rules and crowd marshaling to enforce them, and a moral community that made a profound emotional impact on its members. The resistance created a functioning commune inside the Wisconsin State Capitol Building. In contrast to what many social movement theories would predict, this round-the-clock protest grew to enormous size and lasted for weeks without direction from formal organizations. This book, written by a protest insider, argues based on immersive ethnographic observation and extensive interviewing that the movement had minimal direction from organizations or structure from political processes. Instead, it emerged interactively from collective effervescence, improvised non-hierarchical mechanisms of communication, and an escalating obligation for like-minded people to join and maintain their participation. Overall, the findings demonstrate that a large and complex collective action can occur without direction from formal organizations.