Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State / Edition 3

by Willis F. Dunbar, George S. May

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802870551
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	09/05/1995
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	781
Sales rank:	666,531
Product dimensions:	6.25(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.61(d)

About the Author

(1902-1970) He was chairman of the History Department at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

George S. May (d. 2003) was professor emeritus of history at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Table of 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
Index