Iowa : winners and losers /

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Iowa : the middle land / by Schwieder, Dorothy, 1933-2014

Table of Contents: “…Native Americans in Iowa -- Exploration, early settlement, and political developments -- Pioneers on the prairie -- Economic development in the nineteenth century -- Iowans and the Civil War era -- cultural diversity: immigrants and African Americans in the Hawkeye State, 1833-80 -- Religious and educational institutions in Iowa: establishing the foundations -- A home first and a business second: agriculture and farm life in the middle years -- Town life in the middle land -- Urban life in the Hawkeye State -- Cultural diversity -- Social, economic, and political issues in Iowa -- Economic development: Iowa's industries and industrial workers -- The 1930s: a time of trial -- World War II and the years beyond -- Iowa in the sixties and seventies -- Iowa: the 1980s and 1990s.…”
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Iowa Birdlife. by Black, Gladys

Table of Contents: “…Foreword; Introduction; The Nature Conservancy; Habitat Descriptions; Iowa Birdlife; Checklist of Iowa Birds; Index to Species Accounts.…”
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Iowa Agriculture by Maulsby, Darcy Dougherty

Table of Contents: “…Growing Iowa's Farms and Towns -- 5. Bonanza Farming, Iowa-Style -- 6. …”
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The butterflies of Iowa / by Schlicht, Dennis W.

Table of Contents: “…An introduction to Iowa butterflies --…”
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The raptors of Iowa / by Landenberger, James F.

Table of Contents: “…Roosa ; The Raptors of Iowa / James F. Landenberger -- Turkey Vulture -- Osprey -- Swallow-tailed Kite -- Mississippi Kite -- Bald Eagle -- Northern Harrier -- Sharp-shinned Hawk -- Cooper's Hawk -- Northern Goshawk -- Red-shouldered Hawk -- Broad-winged Hawk -- Swainson's Hawk -- Red-tailed Hawk -- Ferruginous Hawk -- Rough-legged Hawk -- Golden Eagle -- American Kestrel -- Merlin -- Gyrfalcon -- Peregrine Falcon -- Prairie Falcon -- Barn Owl -- Eastern Screech-Owl -- Great Horned Owl -- Snowy Owl -- Northern Hawk Owl -- Burrowing Owl -- Barred Owl -- Great Gray Owl -- Long-eared Owl -- Short-eared Owl -- Northern Saw-whet Owl -- The Spiral of Perfection / Jon W. …”
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Iowa's Railroads : an Album. by Hofsommer, Donovan L.

Subjects: “…Railroads Iowa History.…”
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Fossils of Iowa : Field Guide to Paleozoic Deposits. by Wolf, Robert

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The Welsh in Iowa / by Walley, Cherilyn A.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements; Contents; Figures; Tables; Introduction; The Welsh; Iowa; The Welsh in Iowa; Demographic Profile; Welsh Coal Miners.…”
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The Indians of Iowa / by Foster, Lance M., 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Lewis and Clark in native Iowa -- Ioway -- A closer look : Indian women in Iowa -- Meskwaki -- A closer look : traditional ways of life -- Sauk -- A closer look : Indian history -- Omaha and Ponca -- A closer look : native spirituality -- Otoe and Missouria -- A closer look : languages and place-names -- Potawatomi -- A closer look : native arts and crafts -- Tribes of the Illinois conspiracy -- A closer look : Indian houses and landscapes -- Santee and Yankton tribes -- A closer look : the Spirit Lake Massacre -- Winnebago -- A closer look : going to a powwow.…”
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The University of Iowa guide to campus architecture / by Scott, John Beldon, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Boyd; A Diversity of Styles: The History of UI Campus Architecture; Iowa River Floods: 1993, 2008; How to Use This Guide; Campus Map; Pentacrest; Iowa Avenue Campus; Main Campus North; Main Campus South; River Valley Campus; Arts Campus; Near West Campus; Medical Campus; University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Campus; Athletics Campus; University of Iowa Research Park (Oakdale); George L. …”
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The University of Iowa guide to campus architecture / by Scott, John Beldon, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…A Tradition of Excellence; Acknowledgments; An Introduction to UI Campus Architecture; A Diversity of Styles; How to Use This Guide; Campus Map; Pentacrest; Iowa Avenue Campus; Main Campus North; Main Campus South; River Valley Campus; Arts Campus; Near West Campus; Medical Campus; University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Campus; Athletics Campus; Oakdale Research Campus; George L. …”
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Oneota flow : the Upper Iowa River and its people / by Faldet, David S., 1956-

Subjects: “…River life Upper Iowa River (Minn. and Iowa) History.…”
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A practical guide to prairie reconstruction by Kurtz, Carl

Subjects: “…Prairie restoration Iowa.…”
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Frontier forts of Iowa : Indians, traders, and soldiers, 1682-1862 /

Table of Contents: “…Forts around Iowa /…”
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Finding Turtle Farm : my twenty-acre adventure in community supported agriculture by Tedesco, Angela, 1948-

Subjects: “…Farms Iowa.…”
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Iowa state fair / by Ullrich, Kurt

Subjects: “…Iowa State Fair.…”
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Iowa's geological past : three billion years of earth history / by Anderson, Wayne I., 1935-

Table of Contents: “…The Geologic Setting of Iowa; 2. Precambrian: The Oldest Rocks; 3. Cambrian: Sandy Marine Shelves and Shorelines; 4. …”
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IOWA w/Counties /

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Iowa Past to Present : the People and the Prairie. by Schwieder, Dorothy

Table of Contents: “…American Indians: The Earliest People in Iowa; 3. Many Flags over Iowa; 4. Pioneers on the Prairie; 5. …”
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Iowa's forgotten general : Matthew Mark Trumbull and the Civil War / by Lyftogt, Kenneth

Table of Contents: “…Table of Contents; Illustrations and Maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Foreword; 1 The Chartist; 2 My Light Is None the Less for Lighting My Neighbor; 3 Iowa; 4 The Butler County Union Guards; 5 The Matter of Rank; 6 The Shelbina Affair; 7 The Battle of Blue Mills Landing; 8 The Battle of Pittsburg Landing (Shiloh); 9 The Hero of the Hatchie; 10 Tattoo; 11 The Ninth Iowa Cavalry; Epilogue: Wheelbarrow; Notes; Bibliography; Index…”
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The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory : A Century of Discovering the Nature of Nature / by Lannoo, Michael J.

Table of Contents: “…The Spirit -- Something Heavy in the Midwestern Air -- An Opportunity of Magnificent Possibilities -- A Brief History of Field Stations -- The Factors of Ecology Are All Here -- The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory as a Student Sees It / Maud Brown, 1910 -- The Victorians, 1909-1932 -- Hard Times and Stone Labs, 1932-1947 -- Classical State Universities versus Land-grant Institutions -- A Regents Institution, 1947-2007 -- The Friends of Lakeside Lab / Jane Shuttleworth -- A Regents Resource Center, 2007-Present -- Resurrecting Natural History.…”
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The vascular plants of Iowa : an annotated checklist and natural history / by Eilers, Lawrence J.

Table of Contents: “…Preface and Acknowledgments; Iowa and Its Flora; The Physical Setting; Glacial History; Vegetational History Since the Pleistocene; The Natural Regions of Iowa; Origins of the Iowa Flora; Introduction to the Annotated Checklist; Background; The Checklist Format; Excluded Species; Summary Tables; County Abbreviations; The Annotated Checklist; Pteridophytes; Gymnosperms; Angiosperms: Dicotyledons; Angiosperms: Monocotyledons; Index of Taxa and Synonyms; Index of Common Names; Selected References…”
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The archaeological guide to Iowa / by Whittaker, William E., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Cultural Periods in Iowa Archaeology -- Visiting Sites -- 1. Gitchie Manitou -- Indian Mounds or Rebuilt Mounds? …”
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Wildflowers of Iowa woodlands / by Runkel, Sylvan T.

Subjects: “…Wild flowers Iowa Identification.…”
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Prairie City, Iowa : three seasons at home / by Bauer, Douglas

“…Prairie City (Iowa) Biography.…”
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The Iowa precinct caucuses : the making of a media event / by Winebrenner, Hugh, 1937-

Table of Contents: “…The media and American politics: an overview -- Iowa: a political and demographic profile -- The Iowa Precinct caucuses: the decades of obscurity -- The 1968 and 1972 caucuses: the emergence of a national event -- The 1976 caucuses: the making of a front-runner -- The 1980 caucuses: a media event becomes an institution -- The 1984 caucuses: the kickoff of a front-loaded season -- The 1988 caucuses: a media extravaganza -- The 1992 caucuses: a favorite son emerges -- The 1996 caucuses: back in the limelight -- The 2000 caucuses: more important than ever -- The 2004 caucuses: change and continuity -- The 2008 caucuses: from Iowa to the White House -- Media event or local event? …”
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Iowa History Reader. by Bergman, Marvin, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Preface to the University of Iowa Press Edition; Introduction; Iowa: The Middle Land; "We Dance in Opposite Directions": Mesquakie (Fox)Separatism from the Sac and Fox Tribe; The Frontier in Process: Iowa's Trail Women as a Paradigm; Farming in the Prairie Peninsula, 1830-1890; The Political Culture of Antebellum Iowa:An Overview; "Men Did Not Take to the Musket More Commonlythan Women to the Needle": Annie Wittenmyerand Soldiers' Aid; Iowans and the Politics of Race in America,1857-1880; Town Development, Social Structure, andIndustrial Conflict.…”
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The biographical dictionary of Iowa /

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa; Contributors; Topical Index…”
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An Iowa schoolma'am : letters of Elizabeth "Bess" Corey, 1904-1908 / by Corey, Elizabeth

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Making local food work : the challenges and opportunities of today's small farmers by Janssen, Brandi, 1976-

Subjects: “…Farms, Small Iowa.…”
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The contexts of juvenile justice decision making : when race matters by Leiber, Michael J.

Subjects: “…Juvenile justice, Administration of Iowa.…”
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On Behalf of the Family Farm : Iowa Farm Women's Activism Since 1945 / by Devine, Jenny Barker

Table of Contents: “…: Women and Cold War Politics in the Iowa Farmers Union -- Because Somebody Had to Do It : Women, Families, and the National Farmers Organization -- Hop to the Top with the Iowa Chop : The Iowa Porkettes and Transformative Leadership -- Conclusion.…”
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A year of Iowa nature : discovering where we live / by Kurtz, Carl

Subjects: “…Landscape photography Iowa.…”
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Troublesome Creek : a midwestern

Subjects: “…Family farms Iowa Finance.…”
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Deep nature : photographs from Iowa / by Scarth, Linda, 1941-

Subjects: “…Nature photography Iowa.…”
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Gardening the Amana way by Rettig, Lawrence L.

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Woman suffrage and citizenship in the Midwest, 1870-1920 by Egge, Sara

Subjects: “…Rural women Suffrage Iowa History.…”
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Carnival in the countryside : the history of the Iowa State Fair / by Rasmussen, Chris (Chris Allen)

Table of Contents: “…The founders of civilization : culture and agriculture in Iowa -- Carnival in the countryside : sideshows and showmen -- A finer rural civilization : the farm family and the "drift to the cities" -- A bumper crop of entertainment : fair men, midways and spectacles -- Agricultural lag : the fair in fiction, in film, and on canvas -- Conclusion: The fair and Iowa's history.…”
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Untold. Susan Clark Holley : breaking barriers in education

Subjects: “…School integration Iowa.…”
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