- Bib ID:
- 196839
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Vogeler, Ingolf
- Online Version:
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- Description:
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- Boulder : Westview Press, 1986
- xvi, 224 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
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- Series:
- Geographies of the United States
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: 1 IMAGES OF W ISCONSIN 4
- Water Recreation 4
- Beer 9
- Dairying 15
- Frank Lloyd Wright 21
- Selected References 22
- 2 PHYSICAL PROCESSES AND PATTERNS 24
- Clim ate 24
- Focus: Wisconsin Thunderstorms 29
- Landforms 30
- Vegetation 45
- Water 49
- Selected References 50
- 3 HISTORICAL LANDSCAPES 51
- The Boreal Riverine Empire: Indian Culture Areas and
- European Fur Trading 51
- The Settler Empire: Miners, Agriculturalists, and Loggers
- on the National Frontier 56
- Focus: Ethnic Festivals in Wisconsin 71
- The Nationalist Empire: Railroads and Factories 77
- Selected References 80
- 4 THE NORTHWOODS REGION 84
- Indian Reservations 87
- Logging and Lumbering, 1840s-1910s 92
- Focus: Lumberjack Lingo 93
- Northern Mining, 1880s-1960s 97
- Cutover Agriculture, 1910s-1950s 103
- Northern Recreation After the 1950s 115
- Selected References 121
- 5 THE SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL REGION 124
- Wisconsin's Agricultural History 124
- Dairying in Wisconsin Today 127
- Focus: Dairy Farming: A Hard Row to Hoe 132
- Specialty Crops 136
- Selected References 145
- 6 THE URBAN REGIONS 147
- Historical Evolution of the Urban Pattern 147
- Central Places: The Size and Spacing of Cities 154
- Manufacturing 162
- C onclusion 170
- Selected References 171
- 7 THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN REGION 172
- The City's Location and Site 172
- Historical and Cultural Heritage 177
- Milwaukee's Major Areas 183
- Focus: Greendale, Wisconsin: Federal City Planning
- During the Great Depression 185
- The Metropolitan Economy 190
- The Service and Utility Infrastructure 201
- Milwaukee's Future 203
- Selected References 205.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- Subject:
- Wisconsin -- Geography
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