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Download or read book Michigan Voices written by Joe Grimm and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating assemblage of old family letters, diaries, journals, photos, and other memorabilia, Michigan Voices introduces the reader to a more personal side of the state's history.
Download or read book Michigan written by Roger L Rosentreter and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Michigan is a fascinating story of breathtaking geography enriched by an abundant water supply, of bold fur traders and missionaries who developed settlements that grew into major cities, of ingenious entrepreneurs who established thriving industries, and of celebrated cultural icons like the Motown sound. It is also the story of the exploitation of Native Americans, racial discord that resulted in a devastating riot, and ongoing tensions between employers and unions. Michigan: A History of Explorers, Entrepreneurs, and Everyday People recounts this colorful past and the significant role the state has played in shaping the United States. Well-researched and engagingly written, the book spans from Michigan’s geologic formation to important 21st-century developments in a concise but detailed chronicle that will appeal to general readers, scholars, and students interested in Michigan’s past, present, and future.
Book Synopsis Chaldeans in Michigan by : Mary C. Sengstock
Download or read book Chaldeans in Michigan written by Mary C. Sengstock and published by Discovering the Peoples of Mic. This book was released on 2005 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Michigan Chaldean community consists of more than 100,000 people of Iraqi descent who live in the Detroit Metropolitan area. The earliest Chaldeans arrived in Detroit area about 1910. Unlike most Iraqis, Chaldeans are Christians, members of a special rite of the Roman Catholic Church, Called the Chaldean rite, from which they derive their name.
Download or read book Michigan written by and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth edition of Michigan: A History of the GreatLakes State presents an update of the best college-level surveyof Michigan history, covering the pre-Columbian period to thepresent. Represents the best-selling survey history of Michigan Includes updates and enhancements reflecting the latesthistoric scholarship, along with the new chapter ‘ReinventingMichigan’ Expanded coverage includes the socio-economic impact of tribalcasino gaming on Michigan’s Native American population;environmental, agricultural, and educational issues; recentdevelopments in the Jimmy Hoffa mystery, and collegiate andprofessional sports Delivered in an accessible narrative style that is entertainingas well as informative, with ample illustrations, photos, andmaps Now available in digital formats as well as print
Book Synopsis Arab Americans in Michigan by : Rosina J. Hassoun
Download or read book Arab Americans in Michigan written by Rosina J. Hassoun and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2005-10-24 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The state of Michigan hosts one of the largest and most diverse Arab American populations in the United States. As the third largest ethnic population in the state, Arab Americans are an economically important and politically influential group. It also reflects the diversity of national origins, religions, education levels, socioeconomic levels, and degrees of acculturation. Despite their considerable presence, Arab Americans have always been a misunderstood ethnic population in Michigan, even before September 11, 2001 imposed a cloud of suspicion, fear, and uncertainty over their ethnic enclaves and the larger community. In Arab Americans in Michigan Rosina J. Hassoun outlines the origins, culture, religions, and values of a people whose influence has often exceeded their visibility in the state.
Book Synopsis Rites of Conquest by : Charles E. Cleland
Download or read book Rites of Conquest written by Charles E. Cleland and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, Michigan's native peoples, the Anishnabeg, thrived in the forests and along the shores of the Great Lakes. Theirs were cultures in delicate social balance and in economic harmony with the natural order. Rites of Conquest details the struggles of Michigan Indians - the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi, and their neighbors - to maintain unique traditions in the wake of contact with Euro-Americans. The French quest for furs, the colonial aggression of the British, and the invasion of native homelands by American settlers is the backdrop for this fascinating saga of their resistance and accommodation to the new social order. Minavavana's victory at Fort Michilimackinac, Pontiac's attempts to expel the British, Pokagon's struggle to maintain a Michigan homeland, and Big Abe Le Blanc's fight for fishing rights are a few of the many episodes recounted in the pages of this book. -- from back cover.
Book Synopsis Michigan Government, Politics, and Policy by : John S Klemanski
Download or read book Michigan Government, Politics, and Policy written by John S Klemanski and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2017-08-02 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of how Michigan's government and political institutions function
Book Synopsis African Americans in Michigan by : Lewis Walker
Download or read book African Americans in Michigan written by Lewis Walker and published by Discovering the Peoples of Mic. This book was released on 2001 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African Americans, as free laborers and as slaves, were among the earliest permanent residents of Michigan, settling among the French, British, and Native people with whom they worked and farmed. Lewis Walker and Benjamin Wilson recount the long history of African American communities in Michigan, delineating their change over time, as migrants from the South, East, and overseas made their homes in the state. Moreover, the authors show how Michigan's development is inextricably joined with the vitality and strength of its African American residents. In a related chapter, Linwood Cousins examines youth culture and identity in African American schools, linking education with historical and contemporary issues of economics, racism, and power.
Book Synopsis The Great Book of Michigan by : Bill O'Neill
Download or read book The Great Book of Michigan written by Bill O'Neill and published by Lak Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Book of Michigan is an entertaining, instructive and interesting Trivia & Facts book about the Great Lakes State. You'll learn about the state's history, pop culture, inventions and so much more!
Book Synopsis Chaldean-Americans by : Mary C. Sengstock
Download or read book Chaldean-Americans written by Mary C. Sengstock and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chaldean Americans in Detroit, Michigan, a growing community of Roman Catholic immigrants from Iraq, are the focus of this study. A description is given of the Detroit Chaldean community centers around three key institutions, namely the church, the family, and the ethnic occupation or community economic enterprise, and of how these institutions have been affected by the migration experience and by contact with the new culture. An analysis of the social setting of migration examines religious and economic determinants of migration to America, migration effects on the Detroit community, and Chaldeans' relationships with other social groups in Detroit. An exploration of Chaldeans' adaptation to their new setting considers assimilation and acculturation processes, changes in social structure and values, creation of a balance between old country patterns and new practices, and the development of an ethnic identity and a sense of nationalism. Ethnic conflicts and accommodation processes that arise from efforts to achieve the balance between old and new are explored, and it is suggested that family and friendship ties will offset the divisive effects of conflict and American liberalism and keep the Chaldean community from disintegrating. Finally, an exploration of the future direction of American ethnicity points to the need for unity in a culturally diverse society. (Author/MJL)
Book Synopsis Latvians in Michigan by : Silvija D. Meija
Download or read book Latvians in Michigan written by Silvija D. Meija and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2005-07-11 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latvians have contributed to the cultural mosaic and economy of Michigan far more than one might imagine. There are three large Latvian communities in Michigan—Kalamazoo, Detroit, and Grand Rapids—with several smaller enclaves elsewhere in the state. An underlying goal of Latvians who now live in Michigan, as well as other parts of the United States and Canada, is to maintain their language and culture. More than five thousand Latvians came to Michigan after World War II, found gainful employment, purchased homes, and became a part of the Michigan population. Most sought to reeducate themselves and struggled to educate their children in Michigan’s many colleges and universities. Latvians in Michigan examines Latvia and its history, and describes how World War II culminated in famine, death, and eventual flight from their homeland by many Latvian refugees. After the war ended, most Latvian emigrants eventually made their way to Sweden or Germany, where they lived in displaced persons camps. From there, the emigrants were sponsored by individuals or organizations and they moved once again to other parts of the world. Many came to the United States, where they established new roots and tried to perpetuate their cultural heritage while establishing new lives.
Download or read book Michigan written by Roger L. Rosentreter and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging new history of the Great Lakes State
Book Synopsis Swedes in Michigan by : Rebecca J. Mead
Download or read book Swedes in Michigan written by Rebecca J. Mead and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, large numbers of Swedish immigrants came to Michigan seeking new opportunities in the United States and relief from economic, religious, or political problems at home. In addition to establishing early farming communities, Swedish immigrants worked on railroad construction, mining, fishing, logging, and urban manufacturing. As a result, Swedish Americans made significant contributions to the economic and cultural landscape of Michigan, a history this book explores in engaging and illustrative depth. Swedes in Michigan traces the evolution of hard-working people who valued education and assimilated actively while simultaneously maintaining their cultural ties and institutions. Moving from past to present, the book examines community patterns, family connections, social organizations, exchange programs, ethnic celebrations, and business and technical achievements that have helped Swedes in Michigan maintain a sense of their heritage even as they have adapted to American life.
Book Synopsis Germans in Michigan by : Jeremy W. Kilar
Download or read book Germans in Michigan written by Jeremy W. Kilar and published by Discovering the Peoples of Mic. This book was released on 2002-02-28 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike other immigrant groups, Germans have not retained their linguistic and cultural traditions as part of a distinct ethnic identity. Germans in Michigan is a story of assimilation and renewal, revealing the complexities of Americanization and immigration as social forces.
Book Synopsis We Kept Our Towns Going by : Phyllis Michael Wong
Download or read book We Kept Our Towns Going written by Phyllis Michael Wong and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WITH A FOREWORD BY LISA M. FINE, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY—Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is known for its natural beauty and severe winters, as well as the mines and forests where men labored to feed industrial factories elsewhere in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. But there were factories in the Upper Peninsula, too, and women who worked in them. Phyllis Michael Wong tells the stories of the Gossard Girls, women who sewed corsets and bras at factories in Ishpeming and Gwinn from the early twentieth century to the 1970s. As the Upper Peninsula’s mines became increasingly exhausted and its stands of timber further depleted, the Gossard Girls’ income sustained both their families and the local economy. During this time the workers showed their political and economic strength, including a successful four-month strike in the 1940s that capped an eight-year struggle to unionize. Drawing on dozens of interviews with the surviving workers and their families, this book highlights the daily challenges and joys of these mostly first- and second-generation immigrant women. It also illuminates the way the Gossard Girls navigated shifting ideas of what single and married women could and should do as workers and citizens. From cutting cloth and distributing materials to getting paid and having fun, Wong gives us a rare ground-level view of piecework in a clothing factory from the women on the sewing room floor.
Book Synopsis Scandinavians in Michigan by : Jeffrey W. Hancks
Download or read book Scandinavians in Michigan written by Jeffrey W. Hancks and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2006-05-12 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, are commonly grouped together by their close historic, linguistic, and cultural ties. Their age-old bonds continued to flourish both during and after the period of mass immigration to the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Scandinavians felt comfortable with each other, a feeling forged through centuries of familiarity, and they usually chose to live in close proximity in communities throughout the Upper Midwest of the United States. Beginning in the middle of the nineteenth century and continuing until the 1920s, hundreds of thousands left Scandinavia to begin life in the United States and Canada. Sweden had the greatest number of its citizens leave for the United States, with more than one million migrating between 1820 and 1920. Per capita, Norway was the country most affected by the exodus; more than 850,000 Norwegians sailed to America between 1820 and 1920. In fact, Norway ranks second only to Ireland in the percentage of its population leaving for the New World during the great European migration. Denmark was affected at a much lower rate, but it too lost more than 300,000 of its population to the promise of America. Once gone, the move was usually permanent; few returned to live in Scandinavia. Michigan was never the most popular destination for Scandinavian immigrants. As immigrants began arriving in the North American interior, they settled in areas to the west of Michigan, particularly in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, and North and South Dakota. Nevertheless, thousands pursued their American dream in the Great Lakes State. They settled in Detroit and played an important role in the city’s industrial boom and automotive industry. They settled in the Upper Peninsula and worked in the iron and copper mines. They settled in the northern Lower Peninsula and worked in the logging industry. Finally, they settled in the fertile areas of west Michigan and contributed to the state’s burgeoning agricultural sector. Today, a strong Scandinavian presence remains in town names like Amble, in Montcalm County, and Skandia, in Marquette County, and in local culinary delicacies like æbleskiver, in Greenville, and lutefisk, found in select grocery stores throughout the state at Christmastime.
Book Synopsis A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and Its People by : Alvah Littlefield Sawyer
Download or read book A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and Its People written by Alvah Littlefield Sawyer and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
