Michigan
A History of the Wolverine State
Published on 5. September 1995
656 pages
978-1-4674-3517-8 (ISBN)
Description
This standard textbook on Michigan history covers the entire scope of the Wolverine State's historical record -- from when humankind first arrived in the area around 9,000 B.C. up to 1995. This third revised edition of Michigan also examines 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. Includes photographs, maps, and charts.
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William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Preface
- 1. The Physical Environment
- 2. Michigan's First Residents
- 3. The French Explorers
- 4. Michigan under French Development
- 5. Michigan under the British Flag
- 6. Michigan and the Old Northwest, 1783-1805
- 7. Michigan's Troubled Decade, 1805-1815
- 8. Exit the Fur Trader
- Enter the Farmer
- 9. The Era of the Pioneers
- 10. Political Development and Cultural Beginnings
- 11. A Stormy Entrance into the Union
- 12. A Cycle of Boom, Bust, and Recovery
- 13. Out of the Wilderness, 1835-1860
- 14. Michigan Leads the Way in Education
- 15. Politics in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Michigan
- 16. Michigan and the Civil War
- 17. The Heyday of the Lumber Industry
- 18. The Mining Boom
- 19. An Expanding Transportation Network
- 20. Citadel of Republicanism
- 21. The Growth of Manufacturing
- 22. Michigan and the Automobile
- 23. Progressivism and the Growth of Social Consciousness
- 24. World War I and Its Aftermath
- 25. Michigan Becomes an Urban State
- 26. Depression and War
- 27. The Postwar Years
- 28. Years of Change and Turmoil
- 29. The Enrichment of Cultural Life
- 30. Toward a New Century
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Notes
