Bryan, Ford R. (Ford Richardson)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1997

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Anderson, Carlotta R.

Summary: "All-American Anarchist chronicles the life and work of Joseph A. Labadie (1850-1933), Detroit's prominent labor organizer and one of early labor's most influential activists. A dynamic participant in the major social reform movements of the Gilded Age, Labadie was a central figure in the pervasive struggle for a new social order as the American Midwest underwent rapid industrialization at the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1998

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Bennitt, John.

Summary: "In 1862 at the age of thirty-two, physician John Bennitt of Centerville, Michigan, joined the 19th Michigan Infantry Regiment as an assistant surgeon and remained in military service until the end of the war. During this time, Bennitt wrote more than two hundred letters home to his wife and daughters. In them he shared his careful and detailed observations of army life, including dramatic...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2005

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 QUIRK ROBERT & MARIANNE QUI

Long, J. C. (John Cuthbert)

Contents: Blazing the trails of tomorrow -- A grass-roots boyhood -- University days -- Detroit-to-New York pioneer tour -- Revolt at Oldsmobile -- Launching his first company -- Out of debt and on their way -- Chalmers-Detroit, and beginnings of Hudson -- Forecasting future trends -- On their own at last -- A millionaire at thirty -- Wednesday in Georgia -- Hudson's growing pains -- With Pershing on the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHAPIN, ROY D. LON

Smith, Otis Milton

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMITH, OTIS MILTON SMI

Marquis, Samuel S.

Contents: Introduction to new edition / David L. Lewis -- Introduction to Henry Ford: an interpretation -- The Ford halo -- The art of self-advertising -- A dream that came true -- The Ford fortune -- Some elements of success -- Mental traits and characteristics -- "Just kids" -- Behind a Chinese wall -- Henry Ford and the church -- Henry Ford, Dives, Lazarus and others -- The Ford charities -- The Ford...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2007

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Lutes, Della T. (Della Thompson)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1992

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Babson, Steve.

Summary: For more than 50 years, Detroit attorney Ernie Goodman fought the good fight for social justice, among other things defending sit-down strikers during the 1930s auto strikes, and litigating important labor and civil rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. This scholarly but quite readable biography presents a detailed portrait of Goodman's life, showing how this child of Jewish immigrants...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2010

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Orear, Gordon

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center for Creative Studies 1995

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Hyde, Charles K.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2005

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Hoffman, Mark

Contents: Volunteer engineers -- The sinews of war -- Camp Owen -- South to Kentucky and Tennessee -- On to Corinth -- With Mitchel to the Tennessee -- Work and warfare along the Tennessee -- Into battle at Perryville -- Mutiny -- The fight at Lavergne -- Filling vacant ranks -- Forward to Murfreesboro -- Back across the Tennessee -- Holding Chattanooga for the Union -- Building the supply net --...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2007

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Reynolds, Terry S.

Summary: In Iron Will: Cleveland-Cliffs and the Mining of Iron Ore, 1847--2006, Terry S. Reynolds and Virginia P. Dawson tell the story of Cleveland-Cliffs, the only surviving independent American iron mining company, now known as Cliffs Natural Resources. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland-Cliffs played a major role in the opening and development of the Lake Superior mining district and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2011

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Allen, P. David

Contents: Cast of characters -- Timeline -- Introduction -- Part I. making a federal case, by accident -- Green Bay convergence -- The Feds don't take Wisconsin's hint -- Inner turmoil at Fish and Wildlife -- Grand theft -- Part II. The Feds take the case -- Can't we all just get along? -- Making the case -- Escalation to the breaking point -- Afterword -- Epilogue -- References.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2023

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Joachim, George J.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1994

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 386.244 JOA

Schweitzer, Robert

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1990

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 728.37 SCH

Herek, Raymond J.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1998

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7474 HER

Mason, Philip P. (Philip Parker)

Summary: History of life in Michigan during prohibition when seventy-five percent of the illegal liquor smuggled into the United States came across the Detroit River from Canada.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1995

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MIO 364.133 MAS

Yanik, Anthony J.

Contents: Prologue to the founding of Maxwell-Briscoe -- The formation of the Maxwell-Briscoe Company -- Maxwell-Briscoe's rapid rise in the marketplace -- Maxwell-Briscoe's failed merger attempts -- Maxwell-Briscoe as a division of the United States Motor Company -- The dissolution of the U.S. Motor Company -- Walter Flanders and the new Maxwell organization -- Bankers select Walter P. Chrysler to save...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.7 YAN

Shine, Neal.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.34 SHI

Oomen, Anne-Marie.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OOMEN, ANNE-MARIE OOM

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Oomen, Anne-Marie.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.459 OOM
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 OOM