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Publisher : UM Libraries
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)
Download or read book Michigan Muse written by and published by UM Libraries. This book was released on 2006 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sidney Fine
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814328750
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights written by Sidney Fine and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although historians have devoted a great deal of attention to the development of federal government policy regarding civil rights in the quarter century following World War II, little attention has been paid to the equally important developments at the state level. Few states underwent a more dramatic transformation with regard to civil rights than Michigan did. In 1948, the Michigan Committee on Civil Rights characterized the state of civil rights in Michigan as presenting "an ugly picture". Twenty years later. Michigan was a leader among the states in civil rights legislation. Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights documents this important shift in state level policy and makes clear that civil rights in Michigan embraced not only blacks but women, the elderly, native Americans, migrant workers, and the physically handicapped. Sidney Fine's treatment of civil rights in Michigan is based on an exhaustive examination of unpublished, published, and interview sources. Fine relates civil rights developments in Michigan to civil rights actions by the federal government and other states. He focuses on the administrations of the three governors -- Democrats G. Mennen Williams (1949-1960), and John B. Swainson (1961-1962), and Republican George Romney (1963-1969) -- and the roles they played in furthering civil rights in Michigan, as well as other politicians and policymakers. Students of state history, civil rights history, and those interested in post-World War II history will find few accounts as broad ranging as this study of state civil rights legislation during the years the book covers.
Author : Sally Barber
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 149304009X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)
Download or read book Michigan Myths and Legends written by Sally Barber and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From tales of pirate treasure to Jimmy Hoffa’s mysterious disappearance, Michigan Myths and Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the state’s most fascinating and compelling stories. Most people have heard about the Bermuda Triangle, where ships and people disappear without a trace—but few have heard about the equally deadly Great Lakes Triangle, where one-third of all unsolved sea and air disasters in America take place. Night after night, curious onlookers congregate on a remote hill near the Michigan/Wisconsin border to watch for mysterious lights that rise out of the ground, hover, and then disappear. Are the orbs merely optical phenomena created by headlights of passing cars? Or are they spirits returning to haunt where their earthly bodies met their demise? In the mid-1960s, the number of reports to the US Air Force of UFO sightings spiked across the country. Were people seeing unfamiliar technological innovations in aircraft? Had the rising popularity of the new-fangled television’s sci-fi programs sparked Americans’ imaginations? Or were extraterrestrial beings actually responding to signals from newly constructed deep-space radio transmitters?
Author : Sook Wilkinson
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814339743
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)
Download or read book Asian Americans in Michigan written by Sook Wilkinson and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the number of Asians in Michigan was small for a good portion of the state’s history, many Asian-derived communities have settled in the area and grown significantly over time. In Asian Americans in Michigan: Voices from the Midwest, editors Sook Wilkinson and Victor Jew have assembled forty-one contributors to give an intimate glimpse into Michigan’s Asian-American communities, creating a fuller picture of these often overlooked groups. Accounts in the collection come from a range of perspectives, including first-generation immigrants, those born in the United States, and third- and fourth-generation Americans of Asian heritage. In five sections, contributors consider the historical and demographic origins of Michigan’s Asian American communities, explore their experiences in memory and legacy keeping, highlight particular aspects of community culture and heritage, and comment on prospects and hopes for the future. This volume’s vibrant mix of contributors trace their ancestries back to East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan), South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan), and Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Hmong). Though each contributor writes from his or her unique set of experiences, Asian Americans in Michigan also reveals universal values and memories held by larger communities. Asian Americans in Michigan makes clear the significant contributions by individuals in many fields—including art, business, education, religion, sports, medicine, and politics—and demonstrates the central role of community organizations in bringing ethnic groups together and preserving memories. Readers interested in Michigan history, sociology, and Asian American studies will enjoy this volume.
Author : Margaret A Leary
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472034847
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)
Download or read book Giving It All Away written by Margaret A Leary and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first biography of William W. Cook, the man who made possible the Michigan Law Quadrangle
Author : John H. Muse
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472053639
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)
Download or read book Microdramas written by John H. Muse and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Microdramas, John H. Muse argues that plays shorter than twenty minutes deserve sustained attention, and that brevity should be considered a distinct mode of theatrical practice. Focusing on artists for whom brevity became both a structural principle and a tool to investigate theater itself (August Strindberg, Maurice Maeterlinck, F. T. Marinetti, Samuel Beckett, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Caryl Churchill), the book explores four episodes in the history of very short theater, all characterized by the self-conscious embrace of brevity. The story moves from the birth of the modernist microdrama in French little theaters in the 1880s, to the explicit worship of speed in Italian Futurist synthetic theater, to Samuel Beckett’s often-misunderstood short plays, and finally to a range of contemporary playwrights whose long compilations of shorts offer a new take on momentary theater. Subjecting short plays to extended scrutiny upends assumptions about brief or minimal art, and about theatrical experience. The book shows that short performances often demand greater attention from audiences than plays that unfold more predictably. Microdramas put pressure on preconceptions about which aspects of theater might be fundamental and about what might qualify as an event. In the process, they suggest answers to crucial questions about time, spectatorship, and significance.
Author : University of Michigan
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Total Pages : 1222 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)
Download or read book Proceedings of the ... Annual Highway Conference written by University of Michigan and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues for 1923- include Minutes of the annual business meeting of the County Road Association of Michigan (title varies).
Author : University of Michigan
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Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)
Download or read book Proceedings of the Annual Short Course in Highway Engineering written by University of Michigan and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues for 1923- include Minutes of the annual business meeting of the County Road Association of Michigan (title varies)
Author : Rebecca J. Mead
Publisher : MSU Press
ISBN 13 : 1609173236
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)
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.
Author : Don Faber
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 047205158X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Boy Governor written by Don Faber and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2012-09-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive biography of the youngest state governor in American history
