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
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