Includes index

Introduction -- Before the written word, Illinois 7000 BC-1400 AD -- French Indian influence, Illinois 1500-1800 -- Beginning anew, Illinois 1784-1880 -- Land of Lincoln, Illinois 1839-1876 -- Urban development, Illinois 1869-1900 -- Social reform, Illinois 1880-1925 -- The new heights, Illinois 1888-1916 -- The Prairie School era, Illinois 1889-1909 -- The Black experience, Illinois 1905-1951 -- Toward the modern world, Illinois 1900-1967

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