In Indiana 1816–1850: The Pioneer Era (vol. 2, History of Indiana Series), author Donald F. Carmony explores the political, economic, agricultural, and educational developments in the early years of the nineteenth state. Carmony's book also describes how and why Indiana developed as it did during its formative years and its role as a member of the United States. The book includes a bibliography, notes, and index.

Donald F. Carmony (1910–2005), a professor of history at Indiana University, served as the editor of the Indiana Magazine of History from 1955 to 1975.

• Contents 
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 
• Statehood on Borrowed Money, 1816–1822
• Chapter 2 
• The Economy, 1816-1850
• Chapter 3 
• Political Parties Founded, 1822–1831
• Chapter 4 
• Banking and Internal Improvements, 1831–1837
• Chapter 5 
• Depression and Debt, 1837–1843
• Chapter 6 
• Repudiation, 1843–1850
• Chapter 7 
• Education, 1816–1850
• Chapter 8 
• Jacksonian Constitution of 1851
• Chapter 9 
• Jeffersonian Democracy Reinterpreted, 1816–1829
• Chapter 10 
• Jacksonian Democracy Reinterpreted, 1829–1841
• Chapter 11 
• Western Expansion Amid Sectional Strife, 1841–1850
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index