Introduction: Hoosiers
1. Place and People before the Americans
2. The American Nation and the West, 1776-1800
3. From a Territory to a State, 1800-1816
4. On the Indiana Frontier
5. The Evolving Pioneer Economy
6. Pioneers and a Better Life
7. Pioneer Government and Politics
8. The Civil War Comes to Indiana
9. New Ways to Make a Living, 1850-1920
10. A Hoosier Community, 1850-1920
11. The Indiana Way of Politics, 1873-1920
12. Flappers and Klansmen Challenge Traditions: The 1920s
13. Depression and War Test Hoosiers, 1929-1945
14. Hoosier Traditions and the Winds of Change
15. Government, Politics, and the People
16. Some Thoughts on Twenty-First-Century Hoosiers
Further Reading
Index
James H. Madison is the Thomas and Kathryn Miller Professor of History Emeritus, Indiana University Bloomington. His books include Eli Lilly: A Life, 1885-1977; Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys: An American Woman in World War II (IUP, 2007); The Indiana Way: A State History (IUP, 1986); and A Lynching in the Heartland: Race and Memory in America. Madison serves on the boards of Indiana Humanities and the Indiana Historical Society and is a member of the Indiana Bicentennial Commission. He began teaching Indiana history in 1976 and has lectured and consulted widely on Indiana topics.
"Comprehensive and engagingly written, Hoosiers is the best one-volume history of the state." - Nicole Etcheson, Alexander M. Bracken Professor of History, Ball State University "In Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana, James H. Madison offers readers a compelling, well-researched, and highly readable narrative of Indiana and its people from the ice age to the twenty-first century. A distinguished scholar, he paints a vivid portrait of Hoosier achievements and controversies, and provides a nuanced understanding of the historical roots of Hoosier responses to current-day cultural, economic, political, and social issues. A must-read for all students of Indiana history, this much-needed book brings the state's history to life for anyone seeking insight into the people who gave definition to the word "Hoosiers." - Joanne E. Passet, Professor of History Emerita, Indiana University East "A towering achievement. Madison has produced a fresh, stimulating, user friendly, and definitive new text for the next generation of students and teachers of Indiana history.A He captures the economic, political, social, and cultural diversity of Indiana and presents a richly illustrated and document history that makes room for ordinary people, outsiders, and dissenters." - James B. Lane, Emeritus Professor of History, IU Northwest
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