Authors: William Cronon, Wisconsin Cartographers Guild
ISBN-13: 9780299159405, ISBN-10: 029915940X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Date Published: November 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)
The Wisconsin Cartographers' Guild, founded in 1996, is an association of professional freelance mapmakers with a total of forty years of experience in the craft and complementary backgrounds in thematic cartography, geography, history, art, science, and computer graphics. Members pool their skills and resources to produce maps, illustrations, and other educational materials.
The Wisconsin Cartographers' Guild is Marily Crews-Nelson, Laura Exner, Michael Gallagher, Zoltán Grossman, Amelia Janes, and Jeffry Maas.
Despite Wisconsin's rich history, no historical atlas has been produced in the state since 1878. Wisconsin's Past and Present, created by the Wisconsin Cartographers' Guild, has filled this void with a fascinating and colorful portrait of the state's complex development. This useful and entertaining guide, produced to mark 150 years of statehood, provides a lasting resource for map lovers and history buffs of all ages, and anyone interested in Wisconsin's heritage. The Atlas features more than 100 pages of historic and geographic data, including full-color maps, descriptive text, photos, and illustrations.
The Atlas highlights the peoples and cultures, economy and land, and socio-political landscape of Wisconsin—from Native American mounds to weather hazards to labor history. Situated at the intersections of natural and cultural regions, Wisconsin has always been an area "on thecutting edge." It formed a boundary between the glaciated and unglaciated regions of North America, which evolved into the "tension line" between the Northwoods and the Central Plains. It later became the meeting ground among Native American nations, and a new home to diverse groups of immigrant settlers, who introduced cutting-edge political and economic ideas to the rest of the country. Wisconsin still serves as a borderland between the agricultural Midwest, the industrial Great Lakes, and the Northern forests. The Atlas explores the history of indigenous cultures, immigrant groups, natural resources, agriculture, industries, boundaries, political and social movements, and government institutions in lively detail.
Biographies of Cartographers/Authors and Consulting Editors | ||
Foreword | ||
Introduction | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
Peoples & Cultures | ||
Indigenous Peoples | 2 | |
Early Cultures | 2 | |
Native & European Encounters | 4 | |
Native Nations of Eastern Wisconsin | 6 | |
The Ho-Chunk & Dakota Nations | 8 | |
The Ojibwe Nation | 10 | |
The Potawatomi Nation | 12 | |
Conflicts over Native Land Resources | 14 | |
Immigrants | 16 | |
Anglo-Americans & British Isles Immigrants | 16 | |
Becoming German American | 18 | |
Scandinavian Settlement | 20 | |
European Immigration | 22 | |
Ethnic Milwaukee | 24 | |
African American Settlement | 26 | |
Newest Arrivals | 28 | |
Cultural Legacies | 30 | |
Immigrant Religious Patterns | 30 | |
Cultural Figures | 32 | |
Land & Economy | ||
Natural Resources | 36 | |
Glacial Landscapes | 36 | |
Mining Districts & Discoveries | 38 | |
Timber, River & Mill | 40 | |
Agriculture | 42 | |
Harvesting the Crops | 42 | |
America's Dairyland | 44 | |
Weather Hazards | 46 | |
Changes in Rural Society | 48 | |
Industries | 50 | |
Transportation Networks | 50 | |
Southeastern Wisconsin Industries | 52 | |
Growth of the Fox Valley | 54 | |
The Inland Sea: Shipping on the Great Lakes | 56 | |
Impacts on Wisconsin's Environment | 58 | |
Tourism & Recreation | 60 | |
Society & Politics | ||
Boundaries | 64 | |
Colonial Boundaries & European Empires | 64 | |
Territorial Boundaries | 66 | |
Statehood | 68 | |
County Boundaries | 70 | |
Movements | 72 | |
Progressive Era | 72 | |
Industrial Labor Unions | 74 | |
Women's Influence | 76 | |
The 1960s: Time of Turmoil & Change | 78 | |
Government | 80 | |
Federal Elections in Wisconsin | 80 | |
Population & Representation | 82 | |
State Government | 84 | |
The Military in Wisconsin | 86 | |
Educational System | 88 | |
Bibliography & Sources | 93 | |
Photograph & Illustration Credits | 107 | |
Index | 109 |