Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Compare: the Histories of Texas and Wisconsin (Intro)

This analysis uses Lone Star: a History of Texas and the Texans (updated edition), by T.R. Fehrenbach as the (troublesome) source for Texas history. For Wisconsin history, the analysis uses Wisconsin: a History (second edition), by Robert C. Nesbit (revised and updated by William F. Thompson). 

This analysis will not only compare the two states’ respective histories, but also effectively be reviews of the two sources.

The format of this analysis will be as follows. A topic will be stated, followed by three entries: Both, Texas, and Wisconsin. The “Both” entry will summarize what both books say about their respective states, if what they say is essentially the same. The “Texas” and “Wisconsin” entries will cover information that is unique to each state. Exceptions will be noted.

As topics are posted, each of the below entries will be a hyperlink to that blog post.

Topics:

The Ice Age
The Land
The First Settlers
The Spanish
The French
The Missions
The Fur Trade
The British
The Consequences of the American Revolution
The Americans
The Southerners
The Yankees
The Consequences of the French Revolution
The Settlements after 1830
What happened in 1836
Statehood
What happened by 1848
Civil War
Post-Civil War Agriculture
Reconstruction
Industrialization
The Meaning of Government
The Rise of Economics
The End of the Frontier
La Follete
The Social Organism
The 20th Century
Globalization
Relatively Current Trends

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