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Michigan : a history of the Great Lakes state

Rubenstein, Bruce A. (Bruce Alan) (Author). Ziewacz, Lawrence E. (Lawrence Edward) (Added Author).

Summary: "The fifth edition of Michigan: A History of the Great Lakes State enhances its reputation as the leading survey of Michigan history from the pre-Columbian period to the present"--

Record details

ISBN: 1118649729 (paperback)
ISBN: 9781118649725 (paperback)
Physical Description: viii, 393 pages ; 23 cm
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Edition: Fifth edition.
Publisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The original Michiganians -- The new Acadia -- Under the Union Jack -- Wilderness politics and economics -- Challenges of statehood -- Decade of turmoil -- In defense of the nation -- Radicals and reformers -- Early ethnic contributions -- Grain, Grangers, and conservation -- Development of intellectual maturity -- Wood and rails -- The world of wheels -- From Bull Moose to bull market -- Depression life in an industrial state -- Inequality in the arsenal of democracy -- Fears and frustration in the Cold War era -- The turbulent 1960s -- Challenges of the 1970s -- Toward the twenty-first century -- Entering the new millennium -- Reinventing Michigan -- Appendix A : governors of the territory and state of Michigan -- Appendix B : counties, dates of organization, and origins of county names -- Appendix C : Michigan's state song -- Appendix D : Michigan's state symbols.