Michigan Visions of Our Past

by Richard J. Hathaway (Editor)

Overview

Throughout Michigan's varied and fascinating history, its people have been leaders. They have led the nation in the production of automobiles, iron and copper, lumber, and many agricultural products. Of even grater importance, Michigan citizens have been leaders in the movement for equitable working condicitons, civil rights, and a clean environment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780870132674
Publisher:	Michigan State University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1989
Pages:	343
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Advisory Board
Preface
Introduction - Richard J. Hathaway
I. Land and People of Freshwater: The Geography of Michigan - Richard Santer
II. Unconquered Nations: The Native Peoples of Michigan - George Cornell
III. Furs, Faith and Fleur-de-lys: The French Experience in Michigan - David Armour
IV. Revolution in the Wilderness: Michigan as Colony and Territory, 1760-1830s - John Cumming
V. Michigan's Quest for Statehood, 1832-1837 - Roger Rosentreter
VI. Plows, Ships and Shovels: Economic Development in Michigan, 1836-1866 - Larry Massie
VII. Modernizing Michigan: Political and Social Trends, 1836-1866 - Justin Kestenbaum
VIII. Michigan in the Gilded Age: Politics and Society, 1866-1900s - Bruce Rubenstein and Larry Ziewacz
IX. Not Just Automobiles: Contributions of Michigan to the National Economy, 1866-1917 - Francis Blouin
X. Putting the Nation on Wheels: The Michigan Automobile Industry to 1945 - George May
XI. A Better Life for All: Political and Social Reform in Michigan, 1890-1919 - Saralee Howard-Filler
XII. Transition and Turmoil: Social and Political Development in Michigan, 1917-1945 - Nora Faires
XIII. Boom, Bust and Bombs: The Michigan Economy, 1917-1945 - Philip Korth
XIV. From Forest and Field to Factory: Michigan Workers and the Labor Movement, 1837-1945 - Jeremy Kilar
XV. Hard Times-Good Times: The Michigan Economy, 1945-1980s - Jeffrey Kleiman
XVI. Leadership in a State of Change, 1945-1980s - George Weeks
XVII. The Search for Community: Michigan Society and Education, 1945-1980s; - DeWitt S. Dykes, Jr.
Afterword. Michigan Vision: A Usable Past - Richard J. Hathaway
Index