The Indiana way: a state history

pt. I. Before there was a state. Peoples and empires before the Americans ; The American nation and the West, 1776-1800 ; Indiana Territory and statehood, 1800-1816.

pt. II. Pioneer Indiana, 1816-1850. On the Indiana frontier ; The evolving pioneer economy ; Pioneer community life ; Pioneer government and politics.

pt. III. Making a living, 1850-1920 ; Hoosiers together, 1860-1920 ; The politics of the Civil War Era, 1850-1873 ; The Indiana way of politics, 1873-1920.

pt. IV. Continuity and change since 1920. The people since 1920 ; The economy since 1920 ; The politics of a state ; Hoosiers past and present.