This standard textbook on Michigan history covers the entire scope of the Wolverine States 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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As a life-long resident of Michigan, I felt that I needed to know more about my home state. Dunbar and May's work did just that.Michigan : A History of the Wolverine State lies somewhere between a textbook and a more casual non-fiction text, with copious endnotes for the historian, yet a clear, flowing style for the casual reader. It would serve as an excellent text for a college course on the subject. I found reading this work to be immensely valuable and entertaining, and a great conversation starter. In it you will find explanations of the origins of nearly every facet of Michigan society. Beginning with the ancient history of the Native American tribes, and finishing with the education and tax reforms of the early 1990's, very little is left behind. You will learn such quirky facts as the meaning of the name "Ypsilanti", why Kellogg and Post Cereals are both headquartered in Battle Creek, and the true story of the Michigan-Ohio border war. Comprehensive, lucid, and entertaining. Recommended.
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I had bought this book because I needed it for a class for college, and as I started reading it I started to understand the drama of how Michigan came about-It was a rough road for our ancestors. The authors pull you back in time in a way that it is not just a history book, but it kind of tells the STORY too.
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IN THE EARLY 1600s, French explorers reached the lands we now call Michigan and began to keep written records of their activities and observations in the area. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Grand Rapids, Upper Peninsula, New York, Great Lakes, Civil War, Ann Arbor, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, World War, University of Michigan, Henry Ford, New England, Mackinac Island, Republican Party, Sault Ste, Battle Creek, General Motors, Lake Erie, New France, Wayne County, Copper Country, Michigan Central, Democratic Party, Great Britain New!
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United States, Grand Rapids, Upper Peninsula, New York, Great Lakes, Civil War, Ann Arbor, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, World War, University of Michigan, Henry Ford, New England, Mackinac Island, Republican Party, Sault Ste, Battle Creek, General Motors, Lake Erie, New France, Wayne County, Copper Country, Michigan Central, Democratic Party, Great Britain New!
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- Michigan in Four Centuries: New & Enlarged edition by F. Clever Bald on 8 pages
- Story of Detroit by George B. Catlin on 5 pages
- Rites of Conquest: The History and Culture of Michigan's Native Americans by Charles E. Cleland on 4 pages
- All Our Yesterdays: A Brief History of Detroit by Frank Woodford in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Stewards of the State by George Weeks in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Paradox Of Progress: Economic Change Individual Enterprise & Political by Martin J. Hershock on 8 pages
- Opening the West: Federal Internal Improvements Before 1860 (Contributions in Economics and Economic History) by Laurence Malone on page 77, page 114, and Back Matter
- Yankee West: Community Life on the Michigan Frontier by Susan E. Gray in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Russell Kirk and the Age of Ideology by W. Wesley McDonald on page 15, and Back Matter
- Prairie Populism: The Fate of Agrarian Radicalism in Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa, 1880-1892 by Jeffrey Ostler in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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