The History of Wisconsin, Volume VI

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Continuity and Change, 1940–1965

William F. Thompson

The final volume in the History of Wisconsin series examines the period from 1940 to 1965, when the state and the nation persevered through a world war, a postwar boom, a seemingly endless Cold War, and widespread domestic social upheaval.

856 pages, 6 x 9, 77 b&w photos, 23 maps
Hardcover: $40.00 | ISBN: 978-0-87020-254-4
Ebook: $19.99 | ISBN: 978-0-87020-633-7
Publication Date: 12/15/1988

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Front cover of The History of Wisconsin, Volume 6

Description

The monumental History of Wisconsin series concludes with this sixth volume’s examination of the turbulent quarter century beginning in 1940 with a nation on the verge of entering World War II. The book’s subtitle, Continuity and Change, indicates the tensions of this era, during which the state and nation struggled to maintain balance and traditions while coping with three wars, racial and societal conflict, technological innovation, population shifts to and from cities and suburbs, and accompanying stress in politics, economics, and society as a whole. As with the previous volumes’ authors, William F. Thompson examined countless primary documents, newspaper accounts, and government and university publications to bring a breadth of coverage and originality of research to the project. With dozens of photographs to visually illustrate this period of Wisconsin history, this volume rounds out more than 350 years of state history told in six groundbreaking publications.

Books in the History of Wisconsin series:

The History of Wisconsin, Vol. I: From Exploration to Statehood

The History of Wisconsin, Vol. II: The Civil War Era, 1848–1873 (only available in electronic edition)

The History of Wisconsin, Vol. III: Industrialization and Urbanization, 1873–1893

The History of Wisconsin, Vol. IV: The Progressive Era, 1893–1914

The History of Wisconsin, Vol. V: War, a New Era, and Depression, 1914–1940

The History of Wisconsin, Vol. VI: Continuity and Change, 1940–1965

Author Bio

William F. Thompson

William F. Thompson was a state historian of Wisconsin and head of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin research office. A native Californian and graduate of Stanford University, he came to Wisconsin in 1952 as a graduate student and completed his PhD degree under the legendary William Best Hesseltine. His dissertation became the book The Image of War, a Civil War history and a landmark study in the use of pictorial resources as sources for studying the past. He was the series editor for the six-volume History of Wisconsin in addition to writing its final volume.