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Michigan: A Bicentennial History Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Catton, Bruce (Author)

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 ISBN: 0393301753     ISBN-13: 9780393301755
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
OUR PRICE: $21.80  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: January 1988
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Annotation: In this book, Catton turns to his native Michigan to tell a story of what happened when a primitive wilderness changed into a bustling industrial center so fast that it was as if the old French explorer Etienne Brule 'should step up to shake hands with Henry Ford.'

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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi
Dewey: 977.4
LCCN: 83025416
Series: States and the Nation
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.51" W x 8.19" L (0.68 lbs) 236 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Midwest
- Geographic Orientation - Michigan
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The idea that abundance was inexhaustible--that fatal Michigan word, as the author calls it--dominated thinking about the state from the days when Commandant Cadillac's soldiers arrived at Detroit until his name became a brand of car. Viewed in this light, Michigan is a case study of all America, and Americans in any state will be fascinated. In a colorful, dramatic past, Mr. Catton finds understanding of where we are in the present and what the future will make us face.


Contributor Bio(s): Catton, Bruce: - Bruce Catton was a journalist, Civil War historian, and editor of American Heritage magazine.
 
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