Minnesota
By: John Radzilowski.
Series: On-the-road histories
Publisher: Interlink Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Minnesota -- History; Minnesota -- Description and travel; Minnesota -- History, Local
Description: "John Radzilowski explores the history of the peoples - Native American, Scandinavian, French Canadian, German, Irish, Polish, and others - who have made the state what it is today. He examines the rich cultural histories of the Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, as well as "outstate" Minnesota, which has its own distinct small-town heritage."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: What the heck is Minnesota? Who the heck are Minnesotans?; title: Land of sky-colored waters; title: The first Minnesotans; title: Pays d'en Haut : exploration, fur trade and empire; title: Territory and state, 1820-60; title: Death in the summer, 1860-65; title: God's country : ethnics and immigrants; title: Miller to America and queen of rails : urban Minnesota; title: The long afternoon of outstate Minnesota; title: New places, new faces.