Michigan: A History of the Wolverine StateThis standard textbook on Michigan history covers the entire scope of the Wolverine State's historical record. This third revised edition incorporates events since 1980 and draws on new studies to expand and improve its coverage of various ethnic groups, recent political developments, labor and business, and many other topics. |
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i remenber this book in history i loved michigan history in 4th grade cause we were learning about our beutiful state
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WHile this was a required resource for a history class, I have since used it as a resource for a few other essays that I have had to write. The diversity of the text covers the wide range of issues that make Michigan the complex place it is today. Rather than present the reader a long litany of names and dates, which can quite frankly turn many people away from history, the book presents things in a more easy to follow fashion.
Contents
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Michigan and the Old Northwest 17831805 | 90 |
Michigans Troubled Decade 18051815 | 112 |
Exit the Fur Trader Enter the Farmer | 139 |
An Expanding Transportation Network | 369 |
Citadel of Republicanism | 381 |
The Growth of Manufacturing | 393 |
Michigan and the Automobile | 417 |
Progressivism and the Growth of Social Consciousness | 443 |
World War I and Its Aftermath | 460 |
Michigan Becomes an Urban State | 482 |
Depression and War | 514 |
The Era of the Pioneers | 163 |
Political Development and Cultural Beginnings | 182 |
A Stormy Entrance into the Union | 204 |
A Cycle of Boom Bust and Recovery | 221 |
Out of the Wilderness 18351860 | 242 |
Michigan Leads the Way in Education | 279 |
Politics in MidNineteenthCentury Michigan | 297 |
Michigan and the Civil War | 315 |
The Heyday of the Lumber Industry | 338 |
The Mining Boom | 352 |
The Postwar Years | 539 |
Years of Change and Turmoil | 565 |
The Enrichment of Cultural Life | 594 |
Toward a New Century | 630 |
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Appendix I | 675 |
Appendix II | 676 |
Notes | 679 |
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