Michigan Historical Review articles from March 2000

Michigan Historical Review archives from March 2000

Achilles' heel: the Vietnam war and George Romney's bid for the presidency, 1967 to 1968. (1999 Student Essay Prize Winner).
March 22, 2000... Most party presidential nominations are lost rather than won. Candidates in recent years have stumbled over their political views, off-the-cuff remarks, and personal lives, thereby forfeiting their chance at the White House. (1) The 1968...

Thomas W. Palmer: a Michigan senator's "masterly argument" for women's suffrage.
March 22, 2000... On 6 February 1885 Thomas W. Palmer of Detroit, a U.S. senator, gave one of the first major speeches in the Senate in favor of women's suffrage. (1) Later reprinted in The History of Woman Suffrage, 1883-1900, his address was praised in the...

"Toledo is a good town for working people": Richard T. Gosser and the UAW's fight for pensions.
March 22, 2000... As one of the "old-line union machine politicians," Richard T. Gosser has well served historians searching for an example of the conservative labor leader in the postwar era, one who contributed to complacency within the labor movement as well...

Making migrants an asset: the Detroit Urban League-Employers alliance in wartime Detroit, 1916 to 1919.
March 22, 2000... In 1916 Detroit's civic leaders established the Detroit Urban League (DUL), an interracial organization headed by African-American social work professionals to assist in the adjustment of black rural southern migrants who arrived during the...

Photographic essay.(Illustration)
March 22, 2000... The following photographic essay is a companion piece to the preceding article, "Making Migrants an Asset: The Detroit Urban League-Employers Alliance in Wartime Detroit, 1916 to 1919," by Njeru Murage. The Review is grateful to Dr. Murage for...

Broadside press of Detroit. (Bibliography).(Bibliography)
March 22, 2000... Broadside Press of Detroit has a national reputation as a publisher of African-American poetry. One of the many publishing houses that grew out of the civil unrest of the 1960s, Broadside Press successfully met the need for a place where...

A simple poem to Mae.(Poem)
March 22, 2000... A Simple Poem to Mae BY OMARI KENYATTA TARAJIA (Richard C. James III) I heard your poetry and met you I knew then that Blackness was your first love I thought you were a Goddess with pen wings and all I thought you were...

Michigan history. (Bibliography).(Bibliography)
March 22, 2000... The history of the state of Michigan is, of course, the primary focus of the Michigan Historical Review. As I turn over my book review editor responsibilities to Dr. Timothy O'Neil, I thought it would be appropriate to conclude this series of...

The Bentley historical library: recent collecting emphases.
March 22, 2000... The Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan 1150 Beal Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2113 Voice: (734) 764-3482; fax: (734) 936-1333 E-mail: bentley.ref@umich.edu URL: http://www.umich.edu/~bhl The Bentley Historical Library, located...

The Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives: introduction and history.
March 22, 2000... Introduction and History The Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives started seventeen years ago as an idea among faculty members of the university's department of history. Noting Michigan Technological...

Local History Department: Grand Rapids Public Library 60 Library Plaza Ne Grand Rapids, MI 49503.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2000... The Local History Department at the Grand Rapids Public Library was formed in 1904 when the library moved into its new Ryerson building, donated by lumber baron Martin Ryerson. When planning the new building, library board members voted to set...

Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Ira Berlin. Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1999. Pp. 495. Tables. Index. Cloth, $29.95. The past decade has seen a burst of scholarship on colonial North...

Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Brenda Child. Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998. Pp. 145. Illustrations. Index. Cloth, $33.00. Brenda Child has written the poignant story of the effects boarding...

The Legacy of Shingwaukonse: A Century of Native Leadership. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Janet E. Chute. The Legacy of Shingwaukonse: A Century of Native Leadership. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998. Pp. 359. Illustrations. Bibliography. Cloth, $60.00; paper, $24.95. The Legacy of Shingwaukonse is an important piece...

Lancaster, Ohio 1800-2000: Frontier Town to Edge City. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... David R. Contosta. Lancaster, Ohio 1800-2000: Frontier Town to Edge City. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1999. Pp. 333. Index. Bibliographic essay. Illustrations. Cloth, $37.50. Using scrupulous local history techniques, Contosta...

Moving the Mountain: The Women's Movement in America since 1960. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Flora Davis. Moving the Mountain: The Women's Movement in America since 1960. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1999. Pp. 628. Bibliography. Cloth, $21.95. Journalist Flora Davis calls Moving the Mountain an "activists' history."...

A Very Different Age: Americans of the Progressive Era. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Steven J. Diner. A Very Different Age: Americans of the Progressive Era. New York: Hill and Wang, 1998. Pp. 320. Bibliographic essay. Index. Paper, $13.00. When Steven Diner was invited to write this history of the Progressive Era, he...

Party Ideologies in America, 1828-1996. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... John Getting. Party Ideologies in America, 1828-1996. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. 337. Bibliography. Tables. Cloth, $64.95. John Gerring, who teaches political science at Boston University, offers a thoughtful,...

Pure and Simple Politics: The American Federation of Labor and Political Activism, 1881-1917. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Julie Greene. Pure and Simple Politics: The American Federation of Labor and Political Activism, 1881-1917. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. 293. Illustrations. Index. Cloth, $54.95. Michigan readers will find this study...

Leopold and Loeb: The Crime of the Century. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Hal Higdon. Leopold and Loeb: The Crime of the Century. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1999. Pp. 380. Bibliography. Index. Endnotes. Paper, $18.95. The 1990s was an important decade for the republication of major works on the...

Letter from Washington, 1863-1865, by Lois Bryan Adams. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Evelyn Leasher, ed. Letter from Washington, 1863-1865, by Lois Bryan Adams. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1999. Pp. 376. Illustrations. Index. Cloth. $39.95. Lois Bryan Adams lived a remarkable life. Born in New York in 1818, she...

For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Chana Kai Lee. For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1999. Pp. 225. Bibliography. Photos. Cloth, $25.95. Chana Kai Lee's For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer is a postmodern...

Landmarks of the Iron Road: Two Centuries of North American Railroad Enegineering. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... William D. Middleton. Landmarks of the Iron Road: Two Centuries of North American Railroad Enegineering. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999. Pp. 208. Illustrations. Index. Cloth, $39.95. Landmarks of the Iron Road skillfully...

Tin Stackers: The History of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Al Miller. Tin Stackers: The History of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1999. Pp. 349. Bibliography. Index. Appendices. Illustrations. Cloth, $34.95. The Pittsburgh Steamship Company was the largest...

Art in Detroit Public Places. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Dennis Alan Nawrocki. Art in Detroit Public Places, rev. ed. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1999. Pp. 183. Index. Illustrations. Paper, $19.95. The revised edition of Dennis Nawrocki's Art in Detroit Public Places, with photographs...

Purifying America: Women, Cultural Reform, and Pro-censorship Activism, 1873-1933. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Alison M. Parker. Purifying America: Women, Cultural Reform, and Pro-censorship Activism, 1873-1933. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1997. Pp. 286. Illustrations. Index. Cloth, $42.50; paper, $16.95. In the late 1880s, Mrs. Ada...

Border Life: Experience and Memory in the Revolutionary Ohio Valley. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Elizabeth A. Perkins. Border Life: Experience and Memory in the Revolutionary Ohio Valley. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Pp. 253. Appendices. Index. Bibliography. Cloth, $45.00; paper, $17.95. Elizabeth Perkins...

The Presence of the Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Roy Rosenzweig and David Thelen. The Presence of the Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. Pp. 291. Tables. Index. Cloth $27.50. Does history matter to anyone outside of the academic...

Roots of Reform: Farmers, Workers, and the American State, 1877-1977. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Elizabeth Sanders. Roots of Reform: Farmers, Workers, and the American State, 1877-7977. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. Pp. 544. Tables. Index. Cloth $48.00; paper, $16.00. According to Elizabeth Sanders, professor of...

Raising the Roof: An Architectural History of the Buildings and Architecture in the Saugatuck and Douglas Area. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... James Schmiechen. Raising the Roof: An Architectural History of the Buildings and Architecture in the Saugatuck and Douglas Area. Douglas, Mich.: The Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society, 1999. Pp. 140. Illustrations. Index. Paper, $25.00. ...

Tecumseh: A Life. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... John Sugden. Tecumseh: A Life. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1998. Pp. 492. Illustrations. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Cloth, $34.95. John Sugden's biography, Tecumseh: A Life, is well-written enough to entertain a general audience,...

A Sailor's Logbook: A Season Aboard Great Lakes Freighters. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Mark L. Thompson. A Sailor's Logbook: A Season Aboard Great Lakes Freighters. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1999. Pp. 353. Photographs. Paper, $24.95. Taking up the challenge of supplying what he saw as a deficiency in the...

The Politics of Equality: Hubert H. Humphrey and the African American Freedom Struggle.(Review)
March 22, 2000... Timothy N. Thurber. The Politics of Equality: Hubert H. Humphrey and the African American Freedom Struggle. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. Pp. 352. Bibliography. Cloth, $40.00; paper, $18.50. Arguments about the relative...

Proletarians of the North: A History of Mexican Industrial Workers in Detroit and the Midwest, 1917-1933. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Zaragosa Vargas. Proletarians of the North: A History of Mexican Industrial Workers in Detroit and the Midwest, 1917-1933. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. Pp. 277. Illustrations. Tables. Index. Paper, $18.95. In a paperback...

Battle for the Soul: Metis Children Encounter Evangelical Protestants at Mackinaw Mission, 1823-1837. (Book Reviews).(Review)
March 22, 2000... Keith R. Widder. Battle for the Soul: Metis Children Encounter Evangelical Protestants at Mackinaw Mission, 1823-1837. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1999. Pp. 254. Appendices. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Tables. Paper,...

Editor's Page.
March 22, 2000... Sad news arrived after the Fall 1999 issue had gone to press. Paul Keve, whose article on the Detroit House of Correction led off the issue, died on 21 October 1999. A lifelong advocate of more humane treatment of lawbreakers, Mr. Keve had...