A short history of Wisconsin

Geography of place

Fortunes made of fur

From territory to statehood

Calling Wisconsin home

Lead and lumber

Social and moral improvement

Civil War Wisconsin

Becoming America's dairyland

Manufacturing the future

The sporting life

Progressive politics

World War I

Changing habits of consumption

Depression

World War II

Culture of fear

Migration and civil rights

Vietnam

Greening Wisconsin

The changing face of immigration

Indian treaty rights

Postwar politics and the conservative revolution

Conclusion: Creating Wisconsin.