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Wisconsin's Past and Present: A Historical Atlas

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As a student of Wisconsin's natural and human history all my life, this book is a Godsend for its fine graphics and outstanding presentation of historical minutiae. I particularly appreciate its statewide focus that avoids Madisonian or Milwaukeean parochialism. "One must caress the details, the divine details" - The authors have done this in this obvious labor of love. Probably one of the top five books ever written on the geography and history of Wisconsin.

If only every state had this kind of historical atlas to put its society, economy, and all other aspects of its past into historical perspective. The map selection is detailed and thorough, the map drawings are crisp and presetable. The text fully supports the maps. The book covers settlement, origianl native tribes, the economic growth, the development of counties, it even covers which NFL football teams either have in the past or are presently training in Wisconsin. It covers the little known milk strikes (little known outside of Wisconsin) of 1933.

I was a bit skeptical at first because every volume I found in bookstores had a plastic wrap around the book making it impossible to review its contents before I purchased it. The price was also a bit steep. But Amazon was about $15 less than bookstores so I figured I'd take the chance and purchase it. I was not disappointed. Again, all states should have dedicated cartographers who want to explain their state's history in maps. It may not be the end all books on Wisconsin's history, but by reading this book one comes away with a feel for what the Wisconsin experience was all about. I highly recommend this book.

Great book,lots of information.Just what I was looking for.Quick delivery,Perfect condition.For Historical atlas it is a good read.I enjoyed this book and would suggest it to anyone to read

Needed this book for a Wisconsin geography class, is an excellent book. Goes into a lot of detail, but a great source.

The text seems to have been written for twelve-year-olds, but the maps are very nice and cover a satisfying variety of topics.

While I appreciate many sections of the book, the authors make the age-old mistake of equating Luxembourger immigrants with Germans or Germanic-speaking peoples. That's like equating the Finns with Russians by virtue of geographic location. It just is not accurate. Luxembourgers settled in Ozaukee County as early as 1845 or so. They did not then and still do not today equate themselves with being German in any manner or form! In fact, many immigrants from the Palatinate, Hesse, the Trier area, etc., considered themselves to be more like Luxembourgers in identity.

Luxembourgers have a unique, rich history all of their own and it is constantly overlooked by those not versed in Luxembourg history or immigration. So here we have another book where they as a unique ethnic population are non-entities---this would not happen if they were American Indians, that's for sure. Luxembourgers had one of the largest 19th century immigration settlements of the United States in what was old Washington County and would become Ozaukee County in 1853.

And are these authors SURE that the first cheese factory was in Sheboygan Falls? That's not the way I hear it living here in Ozaukee County, but that's open to interpretation.