Michigan : a history of the Wolverine State

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunbar, Willis Frederick, 1902-1970, author.

Contributor:

May, George S., Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Michigan--History.

Michigan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (656 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] W B Eerdmans Pub Co 1995

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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OCLC:

1259591863