Making Waves
Author : Jeff Stein
Publisher : Wdg Communications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,14 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Broadcasting
ISBN : 9780971832312
Iowa History Reader
Author : Marvin Bergman
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,3 MB
Release : 2008-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781587296345
Book Description
In 1978 historian Joseph Wall wrote that Iowa was “still seeking to assert its own identity. . . . It has no real center where the elite of either power, wealth, or culture may congregate. Iowa, in short, is middle America.” In this collection of well-written and accessible essays, originally published in 1996, seventeen of the Hawkeye State’s most accomplished historians reflect upon the dramatic and not-so-dramatic shifts in the middle land’s history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Marvin Bergman has drawn upon his years of editing the Annals of Iowa to gather contributors who cross disciplines, model the craft of writing a historical essay, cover more than one significant topic, and above all interpret history rather than recite it. In his preface to this new printing, he calls attention to publications that begin to fill the gaps noted in the 1996 edition. Rather than survey the basic facts, the essayists engage readers in the actual making of Iowa’s history by trying to understand the meaning of its past. By providing comprehensive accounts of topics in Iowa history that embrace the broader historiographical issues in American history, such as the nature of Progressivism and Populism, the debate over whether women’s expanded roles in wartime carried over to postwar periods, and the place of quantification in history, the essayists contribute substantially to debates at the national level at the same time that they interpret Iowa’s distinctive culture.
Invisible Hawkeyes
Author : Lena M. Hill
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,49 MB
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 1609384415
Book Description
Conclusion. An Indivisible Legacy: Iowa and the Conscience of Democracy - Michael D. Hill -- About the Contributors -- Notes -- Index
A New History of Iowa
Author : Jeff Bremer
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 30,86 MB
Release : 2023-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0700635564
Book Description
The state of Iowa is largely unappreciated and often misunderstood. It has a small population and sits in the middle of a huge country. It’s thought of as an uninspiring place full of farms and fields of corn. But Iowa represents America as surely as New York and California, and Iowa’s history is more dynamic, complicated, and influential than commonly imagined. Jeff Bremer’s A New History of Iowa offers the most comprehensive history of the Hawkeye State ever written, surveying Iowa from the last ice age through the COVID-19 pandemic. It tells a new and vibrant story, examining the state’s small-town culture, politics, social and economic development, and its many diverse inhabitants. Bremer features well-known individuals, such as Sauk leader Black Hawk, artist Grant Wood, botanist George Washington Carver, suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt, and President Herbert Hoover. But Bremer broadens the state’s story by including new voices—among them, runaway enslaved men who joined Iowa’s 60th Colored Regiment in the Civil War, young female pearl button factory workers, Latino railroad workers who migrated to the state in the early twentieth century, and recent refugees from Southeast Asia and the Balkans. This new story of Iowa provides a brisk, readable narrative written for a broad audience, from high school and college students to teachers and scholars to general readers. It tells the story of ordinary and extraordinary people of all backgrounds and greatly improves our knowledge of a state whose history has been neglected. A New History of Iowa is for everyone who wants to learn about Iowa’s surprising, complex, and remarkable past.
Why Iowa?
Author : David P. Redlawsk
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 36,34 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0226706966
Book Description
If Barack Obama had not won in Iowa, most commentators believe that he would not have been able to go on to capture the Democratic nomination for president. Why Iowa? offers the definitive account of those early weeks of the campaign season: from how the Iowa caucuses work and what motivates the candidates’ campaigns, to participation and turnout, as well as the lingering effects that the campaigning had on Iowa voters. Demonstrating how “what happens in Iowa” truly reverberates throughout the country, five-time Iowa precinct caucus chair David P. Redlawsk and his coauthors take us on an inside tour of one of the most media-saturated and speculated-about campaign events in American politics. Considering whether a sequential primary system, in which early, smaller states such as Iowa and New Hampshire have such a tremendous impact is fair or beneficial to the country as a whole, the authors here demonstrate that not only is the impact warranted, but it also reveals a great deal about informational elements of the campaigns. Contrary to conventional wisdom, this sequential system does confer huge benefits on the nominating process while Iowa’s particularly well-designed caucus system—extensively explored here for the first time—brings candidates’ arguments, strengths, and weaknesses into the open and under the media’s lens.
The Butterflies of Iowa
Author : Dennis W. Schlicht
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 13,87 MB
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1587297612
Book Description
This beautiful and comprehensive guide, many years in the making, is a manual for identifying the butterflies of Iowa as well as 90 percent of the butterflies in the Plains states. It begins by providing information on the natural communities of Iowa, paying special attention to butterfly habitat and distribution. Next come chapters on the history of lepidopteran research in Iowa and on creating butterfly gardens, followed by an intriguing series of questions and issues relevant to the study of butterflies in the state. The second part contains accounts, organized by family, for the 118 species known to occur in Iowa. Each account includes the common and scientific names for each species, its Opler and Warren number, its status in Iowa, adult flight times and number of broods per season, distinguishing features, distribution and habitat, and natural history information such as behavior and food plant preferences. As a special feature of each account, the authors have included questions that illuminate the research and conservation challenges for each species. In the third section, the illustrations, grouped for easier comparison among species, include color photographs of all the adult forms that occur in Iowa. Male and female as well as top and bottom views are shown for most species. The distribution maps indicate in which of Iowa’s ninety-nine counties specimens have been collected; flight times for each species are shown by marking the date of collection for each verified specimen on a yearly calendar. The book ends with a checklist, collection information specific to the photographs, a glossary, references, and an index. The authors’ meticulous attention to detail, stimulating questions for students and researchers, concern for habitat preservation, and joyful appreciation of the natural world make it a valuable and inspiring volume.
Irish Iowa
Author : Timothy Walch
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 26,59 MB
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1439666296
Book Description
Iowa offered freedom and prosperity to the Irish fleeing famine and poverty. They became the second-largest immigrant group to come to the state, and they acquired influence well beyond their numbers. The first hospitals, schools and asylums in the area were established by Irish nuns. Irish laborers laid the tracks and ran the trains that transported crops to market. Kate Shelley became a national heroine when she saved a passenger train from plunging off a bridge. The Sullivan family became the symbol of sacrifice when they lost their five sons in World War II. Author Timothy Walch details these stories and more on the history and influence of the Irish in the Heartland.
A Sesquicentennial History of Iowa State University
Author : John R. Anderson
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,99 MB
Release : 2007-01-23
Category : Education
ISBN :
Book Description
As centerpiece to its sesquicentennial celebration in 2007-08, IowaState University has commissioned a book to record, for the firsttime, the events and themes of the second half of the 20th century.Emphasizing the years from 1940-2000, this book builds on anearlier history of the University by Earle Ross. The authors,familiar with (knowledgeable about) ISU and expert in their subjectarea, have meticulously researched and skillfully written tenchapters that treat specific decades, particular administrations,or key topics of interest. Written in a lively narrative style, this anthology encompassesa wealth of information. The authors have focused on appealing tothe largest possible audience of Iowa State University supportersand well-wishers: alumni, faculty and staff, and fans throughoutthe state of Iowa. Some will want to read it from cover to cover;others will dip in to relive their years on campus or to pursue afavorite topic like student life or athletics. To enhance thehistorical narrative, entertaining vignettes about students,faculty and administrative leaders, and alumni appear throughoutthe book. Generously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, thisbook invites casual browsing. Its attractive design increasesvisual appeal by using a clean, open layout and readable type. Toensure its value as a gift book, a handsome full-color jacket and 8x 11 format make it suitable for coffee table display whereverloyal Iowa Staters gather. Part 1 contains 4 chapters, leading off with a survey of themajor developments of Iowa State College’s first 80 years,followed by a chronological approach to the years from 1940 forwardthat highlights presidential administrations. Part 2 broadens thebook’s coverage with 6 chapters telling the ISU story fromthe perspective of topics such as the physical landscape of campus,the national and international impacts of the University, and IowaState athletics through the years. This broad-brushed overview of ISU history is rich with detailyet emphasizes the grand themes that defined the nation’sfirst land-grant university.
You're Making Me Hate You
Author : Corey Taylor
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 29,37 MB
Release : 2015-07-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0306823594
Book Description
New York Times bestselling leadsinger of Slipknot and Stone Sour's hilarious trawl through the endless backwaters of human stupidity Corey Taylor has had it. Had it with the vagaries of human behavior and life in this postmodern digital blanked-out waiting room that passes for a world. Reality TV, awful music, terrible drivers, megamalls, airports, family reunions, bad fashion choices, other people's monstrous children, and badly-behaved "adult" human beings are warping life in the twenty-first century into an often-unbearable endurance test of one's patience, fortitude, and faith. You're Making Me Hate You is a blisteringly funny diatribe that skewers the worst aspects of human behavior with a knowing eye for every excruciating detail, told in the vivid way that only Corey Taylor can. Like his previous bestselling forays, You're Making Me Hate You is an unflinching glimpse into the mind of Corey Taylor, who spares no one from his seething gaze. Make no mistake: this is not the Corey Taylor you run into at meet-and-greets or in line at the coffee shop. This is not the kind and cuddly guy who kisses babies and takes pictures with your mom while leaving a voicemail for that distant cousin in college. This is not the loveable scamp who can poke just as much fun at himself as he does at the various rubes around him, though to be fair he does save one chapter for a brutal and lacerating self-analysis. This is Corey Motherfucking Taylor. This is the Great Big Mouth. This is that bastard you wonder about when you listen to Slipknot and Stone Sour. Funny, profane, blasphemous, and above all right on target, You're Making Me Hate You is pure Corey Taylor unleashed, exposing the underbelly of human depravity in all its ragged glory.
Carnival in the Countryside
Author : Chris Rasmussen
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 39,15 MB
Release : 2015-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1609383575
Book Description
More than a century and a half after its founding, the Iowa State Fair is the state's central institution, event, and symbol. During its annual run each August, the fair attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors who make the pilgrimage to the fairground to see the iconic butter cow, to ride the Old Mill, to walk through the livestock barns, and to people-watch. At the same time that they enjoy fried candy bars and roller coasters, Iowans also compete to raise the best corn and zucchinis, to make the best jams and jellies, to rear the finest sheep and goats, the largest cattle and hogs, and the handsomest horses. This tension between entertainment and agriculture goes back all the way to the fair's founding in the mid-1800s, as historian Chris Rasmussen shows in this thought-provoking history. The fair's founders had lofty aims: they sought to improve agriculture and foster a distinctively democratic American civilization. But from the start these noble intentions jostled up against people's desire to have fun and make money, honestly or otherwise--not least because the fair had to pay for itself. In short, the Iowa State Fair has as much to tell us about human nature and American history as it does about growing corn.
