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All Our Yesterdays : A Brief History of Detroit.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (411 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780814343401
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: All Our YesterdaysDDC classification:
  • 977.43399999999997
LOC classification:
  • F574.D4 .W663 1969
Online resources:
Contents:
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 Home -- Aches 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 Age -- Look 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.
Summary: All Our Yesterdays traces Detroit's history from its earliest settlement into the 1960s.
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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 Home -- Aches 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 Age -- Look 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.

All Our Yesterdays traces Detroit's history from its earliest settlement into the 1960s.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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