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All our yesterdays : a brief history of Detroit /
All Our Yesterdays is an accurate account based on extensive historical research when initially published in 1969, and is written in such a style as to make interesting and historical snapshot of the history of the city of Detroit. The authors recount the founding of the town by the French, control...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Detroit :
Wayne State University Press,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. As It Was in the Beginning; The Lay of the Land; First Visitors; 2. In the Shade of the Old Fleur-de-Lys; Beaver Empire; Cadillac's Village; 3. The Lion's Tale; The French Depart; Pontiac's War; Frontier Citadel; Illustrations (Figures 1-50); 4. Yankee Doodle Comes to Town; The Americans Arrive; Out of the Ashes; Drums of War; 5. The New Breed; Meet Lewis Cass; The Easy Road West; Making of a State; 6. Light in the Wilderness; School Days; The Church Bells Ring; Detroit Goes to Press; 7. Their Brothers' Keepers
- Charity Begins at HomeAches and Pains; A Dash of Culture; The Lively Arts; Gallows Song; Freedom Road; Civil War; 8. Men at Work; First Order of Business; Trails of Mud and Iron; The Money Men; Heavy Industry; Paints and Pills; The Warming Spot; Weed and Seed; 9. The Old Home Town; Where Life was Worth Living; The Merchant Princes; A Walk into the Past; 10. The People's City; On Stage; Fun and Games; City of Many Tongues; 11. A Whiff of Gasoline; 'The Darn Thing Ran'; Parade of the Giants; Why Detroit?; 12. The Twentieth Century City; World War I; Putting the House in Order; The Technicians
- An Industry Comes of AgeLook to the Skies; Illustrations (Figures 51-69); 13. Social Upheaval; 'Joe Sent Me'; 'Mister, Can You Spare a Dime?'; A Man is Worthy of his Hire; 14. War and Ferment; Arsenal of Democracy; 'We Shall Overcome'; 15. Today and Tomorrow; Chronology; Notes on Illustrations and Maps; Selected Bibliography; Index