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Michigan and the Great Lakes

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Under the Campus, the Land

Anishinaabe Futuring, Colonial Non-Memory, and the Origin of the University of Michigan

By Andrew Herscher
Subjects: Native American Studies, History, American History, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan

A critical examination of the role of U.S. universities in colonization

Bath Massacre, New Edition

America's First School Bombing

New Edition, Updated and Expanded Edition

By Arnie Bernstein
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, True Crime, History, History, American History

World War II Front Line Nurse

By Mildred A. MacGregor
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, Memoir, History, American History

The riveting personal account of a Michigan nurse's experiences in France, Germany, and Africa during the Second World War

Always Leading, Forever Valiant

Stories of the University of Michigan, 1817–2017

By Kim Clarke & U-M Bicentennial Office
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan, Education, Higher Education, History, American History

An engaging look at the history of the University of Michigan on its 200th birthday

Michigan's Capitol

Construction and Restoration

By William Seale
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, History, American History, Art and Culture

A history of the building and restoration of one of the nation's most prominent capitols.

Women at Michigan

The "Dangerous Experiment," 1870s to the Present

By Ruth Bordin
Subjects: Gender Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan, History

Revisits the opportunities and obstacles that have faced women students, faculty, and administrators at the University of Michigan through the decades

Ninety Years Crossing Lake Michigan

The History of the Ann Arbor Car Ferries

By Grant Brown
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, History, American History, Maritime

An illustrated book about the visionary, risky, and influential business of transporting loaded railroad cars across Lake Michigan

A History of Ann Arbor

By Jonathan Marwil
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, History, American History, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan

A narrative history of Ann Arbor's transformation from frontier community to world-renowned center for learning and research

Henry Ford and Grass-roots America

By Reynold M. Wik
Subjects: History, American History, Cultural Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, American Studies
Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks

A study of Henry Ford and rural America in the 1920s

Traveling Through Time

A Guide to Michigan's Historical Markers

Revised Edition

Edited by Laura Rose Ashlee
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, History, American History, Guidebook

The definitive illustrated guide to nearly 1,500 of Michigan's historic sites, updated and revised

Sit-Down

The General Motors Strike of 1936-1937

With a New Foreword by Kim Moody

By Sidney Fine
Subjects: History, American History, Class Studies, American Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, History
Series: Class : Culture

Studies the most significant American labor conflict of the 20th century

States at War

A Reference Guide for Michigan in the Civil War

By Richard F Miller
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, History, American History

The definitive guide for researching Michigan’s experience throughout the Civil War

When Evil Came to Good Hart, 10th Anniversary Edition

New Edition

By Mardi Link
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, True Crime, History, American History

A new look into the cold-case file of the murders of a wealthy Detroit-area family in their northern Michigan cabin in 1968 

A Setting For Excellence, Part II

The Story of the Planning and Development of the Ann Arbor Campus of the University of Michigan

By Frederick W. Mayer
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, American History, Education, Higher Education, Urban Studies

An important contribution to understanding the evolution of the American university
 

A Setting For Excellence, Part II

The Story of the Planning and Development of the Ann Arbor Campus of the University of Michigan

By Frederick W. Mayer
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, American History, Education, Higher Education, Urban Studies

An important contribution to understanding the evolution of the American university
 

James Jesse Strang

The Rise and Fall of Michigan's Mormon King

By Don Faber
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, Biography, History, American Religious History, Religion

The extraordinary life of one of the Mormon church’s early leaders
 

Making Waves

Michigan’s Boat-Building Industry, 1865-2000

By Scott M Peters
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, History, Labor History, Maritime

An entertaining study of how Michigan put American boat building on the map

The Glass City

Toledo and The Industry That Built It

By Barbara L Floyd
Subjects: History, Labor History, American Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, History

The story of Toledo glass—past, present, and future

The Black Musician and the White City

Race and Music in Chicago, 1900-1967

By Amy Absher
Subjects: African American Studies, Music, American Studies, History, American History, Urban Studies, Sociology, African American History, Michigan and the Great Lakes

An exploration of the history of African American musicians in Chicago during the mid-20th century

Michigan Legends

Folktales and Lore from the Great Lakes State

By Sheryl James
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Literature, Fiction, History, American History

A collection of stories drawn from Michigan’s rich folk heritage

Open Wound

The Tragic Obsession of Dr. William Beaumont

By Jason Karlawish
Subjects: Fiction, History, American History, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Literature, History

A fictionalized case of medical ethics in Northern Michigan

Billy Durant

Creator of General Motors

By Lawrence R. Gustin
Subjects: Biography, History, American History, Michigan and the Great Lakes, History

A new edition of the classic book on the flamboyant genius who helped lead America into the automobile age

The Boy Governor

Stevens T. Mason and the Birth of Michigan Politics

By Don Faber
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, History, American History

The definitive biography of the youngest state governor in American history

Elly Peterson

"Mother" of the Moderates

By Sara Fitzgerald
Subjects: Biography, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Politics, History, History, American History

The life and political history of a woman who broke gender barriers in the Republican party—and later threw her support to a Democrat

Faith in Paper

The Ethnohistory and Litigation of Upper Great Lakes Indian Treaties

By Charles E. Cleland
Subjects: Native American Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Race and Ethnicity, History, American History, Law, Legal History

A comprehensive reference on the litigation of Indian treaty rights in the upper Great Lakes region

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