History

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Teamsters Metropolis

By Ryan Patrick Murphy
Subjects: History, Labor History, American History, American Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, History

How an unruly union culture helped workers establish comfortable, suburban living

Our Michigan

Edited by James Tobin, Kim Clarke, and Deborah Holdship
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan, Education, Higher Education, History

An engaging look at the University of Michigan's past and its vision for the future

Concrete Century

Julius Kahn and the Construction Revolution

By Michael G Smith
Subjects: Art, Architecture, Biography, Michigan and the Great Lakes, History

The tale of concrete cities

Guardians of Michigan

Architectural Sculpture of the Pleasant Peninsulas

By Jeff Morrison
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, History

Preserving Michigan’s architecture through photos and stories

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

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

9226 Kercheval

The Storefront that Did Not Burn, With a New Preface

By Nancy Milio
Subjects: Sociology, Michigan and the Great Lakes, History
Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks

The story of the Mom and Tots Center, a storefront health center in Detroit

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

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

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

The Toledo War

The First Michigan-Ohio Rivalry

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

How a thin strip of land between the state of Ohio and Michigan started a war

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.

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

Michigan One-Room Schoolhouses

By Mary Keithan
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, History

A look at Michigan's lovely one-room schoolhouses

Sing to the Colors

A Writer Explores Two Centuries at the University of Michigan

By James Tobin
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan, Education, Higher Education, History

Justice and Faith

The Frank Murphy Story

By Greg Zipes
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, Politics

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

Conquering Heroines

How Women Fought Sex Bias at Michigan and Paved the Way for Title IX

By Sara Fitzgerald
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan, Women's Studies, History

Prehistoric Copper Mining in Michigan

The Nineteenth-Century Discovery of “Ancient Diggings” in the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale

By John R. Halsey
Subjects: Archaeology, New World, Michigan and the Great Lakes, History
Series: Anthropological Papers Series

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

Cheers to Michigan

A Celebration of Cocktail Culture and Craft Distillers

By Tammy Coxen & Lester Graham
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, Food and Drink

Enjoy cocktails for every season, each distilling the best of the Great Lakes State

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 

The Forests of Michigan, Revised Ed.

Revised Edition

By Donald I. Dickmann & Larry A. Leefers
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Nature, History, Nature/Environment, Natural Resources

A perfect companion to Michigan Trees

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

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