Creating Minnesota

A History from the Inside Out

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
Cover of the book Creating Minnesota by Annette Atkins, Minnesota Historical Society Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Annette Atkins ISBN: 9780873516648
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press Publication: November 16, 2009
Imprint: Minnesota Historical Society Press Language: English
Author: Annette Atkins
ISBN: 9780873516648
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Publication: November 16, 2009
Imprint: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Language: English

Winner of a Spur Award, presented by the Western Writers of America (WWA), for the Best Western Nonfiction Historical Book.

Renowned historian Annette Atkins presents a fresh understanding of how a complex and modern Minnesota came into being in Creating Minnesota. Each chapter of this innovative state history focuses on a telling detail, a revealing incident, or a meaningful issue that illuminates a larger event, social trends, or politics during a period in our past.

A three-act play about Minnesota's statehood vividly depicts the competing interests of Natives, traders, and politicians who lived in the same territory but moved in different worlds. Oranges are the focal point of a chapter about railroads and transportation: how did a St. Paul family manage to celebrate their 1898 Christmas with fruit that grew no closer than 1,500 miles from their home? A photo essay brings to life three communities of the 1920s, seen through the lenses of local and itinerant photographers. The much-sought state fish helps to explain the new Minnesota, where pan-fried walleye and walleye quesadillas coexist on the same north woods menu.

In Creating Minnesota, Atkins invites readers to experience the texture of people's lives through the decades, offering a fascinating and unparalleled approach to the history of our state.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Winner of a Spur Award, presented by the Western Writers of America (WWA), for the Best Western Nonfiction Historical Book.

Renowned historian Annette Atkins presents a fresh understanding of how a complex and modern Minnesota came into being in Creating Minnesota. Each chapter of this innovative state history focuses on a telling detail, a revealing incident, or a meaningful issue that illuminates a larger event, social trends, or politics during a period in our past.

A three-act play about Minnesota's statehood vividly depicts the competing interests of Natives, traders, and politicians who lived in the same territory but moved in different worlds. Oranges are the focal point of a chapter about railroads and transportation: how did a St. Paul family manage to celebrate their 1898 Christmas with fruit that grew no closer than 1,500 miles from their home? A photo essay brings to life three communities of the 1920s, seen through the lenses of local and itinerant photographers. The much-sought state fish helps to explain the new Minnesota, where pan-fried walleye and walleye quesadillas coexist on the same north woods menu.

In Creating Minnesota, Atkins invites readers to experience the texture of people's lives through the decades, offering a fascinating and unparalleled approach to the history of our state.

More books from Minnesota Historical Society Press

Cover of the book Germans in Minnesota by Annette Atkins
Cover of the book Women of the Northern Plains by Annette Atkins
Cover of the book A Son of the Middle Border by Annette Atkins
Cover of the book North for the Harvest by Annette Atkins
Cover of the book Beloved Child by Annette Atkins
Cover of the book My Grandfather's Knocking Sticks by Annette Atkins
Cover of the book A Short History of the Ford Plant by Annette Atkins
Cover of the book The Assassination of Hole in the Day by Annette Atkins
Cover of the book Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by Annette Atkins
Cover of the book The Crops Look Good by Annette Atkins
Cover of the book Remedies and Rituals by Annette Atkins
Cover of the book The Dog Says How by Annette Atkins
Cover of the book National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota by Annette Atkins
Cover of the book Minnesota in the '70s by Annette Atkins
Cover of the book Secret Partners by Annette Atkins
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy