List of Illustrations
List of Maps
List of Tables
Preface to the Fourth Edition
1. The Environment: Land, Water, People
2. Historic Peoples and European Contact
3. An American Empire
4. Indian Country
5. The Platte River Road
6. Nebraska Territory
7. The Politics of Statehood
8. Building Connections
9. Rails across the State
10. Cultures in Conflict
11. Shifting Power on the Plains
12. Years of Settlement
13. Agrarian Hardships
14. Cattle and Cow Towns
15. The Passing of the Frontier
16. Power to the People: Populism
17. Populism to Progressivism
18. Prosperity and the Great War
19. Postwar Challenges
20. Postwar Progress and Modernity
21. Depression, Relief, and Recovery
22. Nebraska and World War II
23. Progressive Legacies
24. Prosperity and Party Ascendancy
25. Beyond the Centennial: New Realities
26. Holding the Line on Expanding Costs
27. Recession, Banking Crises, and Recession Again
28. Economic Development and Nuclear Waste
29. Change and Continuity: Demands and Costs
30. The New Millennium
Appendix 1. Officials of the Territory of Nebraska, 1854–67
Appendix 2. Governors of the State of Nebraska
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
