Bøger af Annette Atkins

Atkins eloquently portrays the extreme hardships of Minnesota farmers during the grasshopper plagues of the 1870s. She examines local, state, and national relief efforts, which she reviews in the context of nineteenth-century social welfare philosophy.

Minnesota historians present recent and groundbreaking work on a range of people and events that make up the state's history.

Explores the emotional relationships among siblings. Through the letters brothers and sisters wrote to each other over the course of nearly a century (1840-1920), this title reveals the inner workings of ten nineteenth-century families, illuminating their everyday lives and central relationships.