Corn Kings and One-Horse Thieves
Southern Illinois University Press (Verlag)
9780809336029 (ISBN)
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Krohe describes in lively prose the history of mid-Illinois from the Woodland period of prehistory up until roughly 1960, covering the settlement of the region by peoples of disparate races and religions; the exploitation by Euro-Americans of forest, fish, and waterfowl; the transformation of farming into a high-tech industry; and the founding and deaths of towns. The economic, cultural, and racial factors that led to antagonism and accommodation between various people of different backgrounds are explored, as is the role of education and religion in this part of the state. The book examines remarkable Utopian experiments, social and moral reform movements, and innovations in transportation and food processing. It also offers fresh accounts of labor union warfare and social violence directed against Native Americans, immigrants, and African Americans and profiles three generations of political and government leaders, sometimes extraordinary and sometimes corrupt (the “one-horse thieves” of the title). A concluding chapter examines history’s roles as product, recreation, and civic bond in today’s mid-Illinois.
A general history of mid-Illinois for the curious nonacademic reader, Corn Kings and One-Horse Thieves draws on a wide range of sources to explore a surprisingly diverse region whose history is America in microcosm.
In more than forty years as a magazine journalist, essayist, and critic, James Krohe Jr. has explored the history, politics, and culture of his native Illinois. His work has been published in more than fifty magazines and newspapers, including Illinois Issues and the Chicago Reader, and he is a longtime contributor to Springfield's Illinois Times. He has written two popular monographs published by the Sangamon County Historical Society and edited the society's anthology, A Springfield Reader, which in 1977 received the Illinois State Historical Society's Award of Merit. He also is a cowinner of the Chicago Headline Club's 1985 Peter Lisagor Award for reporting, that year's award for editorial excellence from the American Society of Business Publications Editors, and the Illinois Press Association's Best Column award in 1994. He lives and works in the Chicago area.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.07.2017 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 56 |
| Verlagsort | Carbondale |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 560 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-13 | 9780809336029 / 9780809336029 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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