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"Past 2 Present"

Iowa Pioneer Foundations

 (2 volumes)

 by George F. Parker

Iowa City, Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1940

Table of Contents

VOLUME I

Purpose Defined
Genesis of the Pioneer Region
Land and the Population
Early West Jeffersonian
Where Everything Had to Be Made
Growing of Grain
Development of the Livestock
The Old Fashioned Mechanic
Essential Philosophy of Industry
Religious Conditions of the Period
Character of the Clergy
Education
No Sectarian Instruction

VOLUME II

Elements in Current Life
Woman Never a Vassal
Internal Economy of the Famiily
Games for Men
Taking Life Seriously
Dealing with Crime
Isolation of These People
No Leaders from the Outside
Some Philosphy of the Pioneer Life
The Growth of Nationality
Return to Civil Life
End of a Period