Michigan : A History of the Great Lakes State

• Autore: Rubenstein Bruce A
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: 5th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (403 pages)
• Disciplina: 977.4
• Soggetto topico: Michigan -- History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ZiewaczLawrence E
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Michigan: A History of the Great Lakes State -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Original Michiganians -- The Three Fires -- Effects of White Contact -- Effects of Assimilation -- Indians in Modern Michigan -- For Further Reading -- 2 The New Acadia -- Samuel de Champlain -- Missionaries and their Activities -- The Crown Takes Control -- Jean Talon-"The Great Intendant" -- Talon and the West -- The Revival of Missionary Activity -- Père Marquette -- La Salle and Frontenac -- Cadillac and Frontenac -- End of the French Empire -- For Further Reading -- 3 Under the Union Jack -- Pontiac's Uprising -- Proclamation of 1763 -- Michilimackinac and Major Robert Rogers -- The Quebec Act and the American Revolution -- For Further Reading -- 4 Wilderness Politics and Economics -- The War of 1812 -- The Continuing British Threat -- The American Fur Company -- Toledo and Statehood -- For Further Reading -- 5 Challenges of Statehood -- Internal Improvements -- The Copper Kingdom -- The Ontonagon Boulder -- Iron Mining -- Transportation -- The Sault Ste. Marie Canal -- A New Capital -- The Constitution of 1850 -- A New Look -- For Further Reading -- 6 Decade of Turmoil -- Evils of "Old John Barleycorn" -- Bastion of Free Men -- King of the Beaver Islands -- Under the Oaks -- For Further Reading -- 7 Defense of the Nation -- War Politics -- The Struggle for Freedom -- Life and Labor During the War -- For Further Reading -- 8 Radicals and Reformers -- Black Suffrage Agitation -- The Quest for Women's Suffrage -- Senatorial Contests of 1869 and 1871 -- The Liberal Republican Movement -- The Campaign of 1874 -- Zachariah Chandler: Down but Not Out -- From Chandler to Pingree -- The Pingree Era -- For Further Reading -- 9 Early Ethnic Contributions -- Michigan and Immigration Encouragement -- Germans -- Canadiens and Canadians -- Dutch. ; Cornish and Irish -- Scandinavians -- The New Immigration -- For Further Reading -- 10 Grain, Grangers, and Conservation -- Climate and Soil -- Effects of the Civil War -- The Patrons of Husbandry -- Kellogg and Post -- Agriculture in the Late Twentieth and Early Twenty-first Centuries -- Waste of Wildlife -- For Further Reading -- 11 Development of Intellectual Maturity -- School Laws and Financing -- Teachers, Students, and the "Little Red Schoolhouse" -- Higher Education -- Women's Education -- Special Education -- Recent Educational Advances -- Social and Cultural Enrichment -- For Further Reading -- 12 Wood and Rails -- Finding the Timber -- Cutting and Milling -- Fire -- Nature or Money -- Timber in Modern Michigan -- Riding the Rails -- The Great Railroad Conspiracy -- The Golden Age of Railroads -- Upper Peninsula Railroads -- Decline of the Railroads -- For Further Reading -- 13 The World of Wheels -- Olds' "Mobile" -- Henry and His "Lizzie" -- Ford and Society -- Growth of an Industrial Giant -- Chrysler and American Motors -- The Automobile Industry's Effect on Society -- For Further Reading -- 14 From Bull Moose to Bull Market -- Early Michigan Progressives -- Chase S. Osborn-"Mr. Progressive" -- The Campaign of 1912 -- Crisis in Calumet -- The End of "Demon Rum" -- Women's Suffrage -- World War I -- The Newberry‒Ford Senatorial Struggle -- The Red Scare of 1919-1920 -- Hooch, Hoodlums, and Hoods -- The Bath School Massacre -- The Politics of Normalcy -- For Further Reading -- 15 Depression Life in an Industrial State -- The Stigma of Poverty -- The New Boy Governor -- The Plight of Detroit -- Riot at the Rouge -- Closing the Banks -- The Voice from the Pulpit -- Black Legion -- Sit-Down Strikes -- Growth from Troubled Times -- For Further Reading -- 16 Inequality in the Arsenal of Democracy -- Michigan in the War. ; The War Within Michigan -- Corruption and Murder -- For Further Reading -- 17 Fears and Frustration in the Cold War Era -- The Father of Bipartisan Foreign Policy -- The Green and White Polka Dot Bow Tie -- Red Baiting -- The End of an Era -- For Further Reading -- 18 The Turbulent 1960s -- Economic Growth and Stagnation -- Educational Advances -- Another New Constitution -- A Citizen for Michigan -- Playing Politics While a City Burned -- For Further Reading -- 19 Challenges of the 1970s -- Crime and Urban Blight -- Automobile Economics -- The "Ghetto Governor" -- Cattlegate -- The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa -- A Ford in the White House -- The Conscience of the Senate -- For Further Reading -- 20 Toward the Twenty-First Century -- The Republican Convention of 1980 -- The Eighties' Disastrous First Year -- The Newest "Boy Governor" -- The Women's Hall of Fame -- The Election of 1990 -- Years of Reform -- Solving the Mystery of the " Fitz " -- "Dr. Death" -- The Election of 1994 -- The New "Conscience of the Senate" -- A Third Term for Engler -- Looking Ahead -- For Further Reading -- 21 Entering the New Millennium -- The Election of 2000 -- Economic Prospects -- Environmental Protection -- Social Issues -- Politics in the Early Twenty-first Century -- Economic Woes -- Election of 2006 -- Other Socioeconomic Difficulties in the New Millennium -- Revival of the Motor City -- Return to the "City of Champions" -- Prospects for the Future -- The Lost Decade -- For Further Reading -- 22 Reinventing Michigan -- Emergence of the "Tough Nerd" -- Relentless Positive Action -- Election of 2012 -- Right-to-Work -- Relentless Positive Action Continued -- The Nation's "Most Miserable City" -- Promise for the Future -- For Further Reading -- Appendix A Governors of the Territory and State of Michigan. ; Appendix B Counties, Dates of Organization, and Origins of County Names -- Appendix C Michigan's State Song "Michigan, My Michigan"-Douglas M. Malloch -- Appendix D Michigan's State Symbols -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The fifth edition of Michigan: A History of the Great Lakes State presents an update of the best college-level survey of Michigan history, covering the pre-Columbian period to the present. Represents the best-selling survey history of Michigan Includes updates and enhancements reflecting the latest historic scholarship, along with the new chapter 'Reinventing Michigan' Expanded coverage includes the socio-economic impact of tribal casino gaming on Michigan's Native American population; environmental, agricultural, and educational issues; recent developments in the Jimmy Hoffa mystery, and collegiate and professional sports Delivered in an accessible narrative style that is entertaining as well as informative, with ample illustrations, photos, and maps Now available in digital formats as well as print.
• Titolo autorizzato: Michigan
• ISBN: 9781118649756; 9781118649725
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910795811703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II