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Title: The Indiana Way: A State History by James H. Madison ISBN: 0-253-20609-X Publisher: Indiana University Press Pub. Date: August, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great State History Reference
Comment: As a local history buff, I was pleased to encounter this book at the bookstore. Professor Madison does a nice job outlining Indiana's history in a way that the average arm-chair historian can understand without any difficulty whatsoever. The first section is devoted to the land and the early people who inhabited the land. He does a great job getting the geographical history down in a concise manner. It's easy to ramble about the topic, but Madison does a nice job of being brief, but also impeccable with content. He covers all the bases.
I particulary enjoy the social history, which talks about race-relations and also about people who helped form the State.
Most major events in American History are taken from the Hoosier perspective as well. While reading, you can tell that Madison has a particular love for the State of Indiana. He writes about it in such a way that demonstrates his admiration for the early settlers, but also he looks at them from a realistic point of view. He does not write history from rose-colored glasses, and writes in a honest and refreshing sort of way.
My only complaint would be that there needs to be more pictures. I do have to add that the photos included are obviously carefully selected, as they make silent statements in themselves. For example, the one of Klan members exiting a church in rural Knox, Indiana, or the one of a one-room delapitated school house in northern Clinton Co. He did a great job in selecting appropriate photos... I only wish there were more.
Rating: 5
Summary: Indiana's History, A College Text
Comment: I took Indiana History at Indiana University from Dr. Madison and I loved the class. THE INDIANA WAY complimented the lectures very well. I learned a new thing from each chapter. Did you know that George Rogers Clark was an indian scalper? Did you know that the Confederates crossed the Ohio River during the Civil War? Did you know that in the 1920s the KKK had the governor in their pocket? Did you know that Wendell Willkie and Paul V. McNutt were in the same graduating class at Indiana University? I did not know these things before reading THE INDIANA WAY, and I cannot wait for the second edition to come out.
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Title: Frontier Indiana by Rew R. L. Cayton, Andrew R. L. Cayton ISBN: 0253212170 Publisher: Indiana University Press Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: A Lynching in the Heartland: Race and Memory in America by James H. Madison ISBN: 1403961212 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Citizen Klansmen: The Ku Klux Klan in Indiana, 1921-1928 by Leonard J. Moore ISBN: 0807846279 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Miami Indians of Indiana: A Persistent People, 1654-1994 by Stewart Rafert ISBN: 0871951320 Publisher: Indiana Historical Society Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington ISBN: 0375752501 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 14 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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