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.