Michigan Historical Review articles from March 2001

Michigan Historical Review archives from March 2001

The spirit of the motor city: three hundred years of religious history in Detroit.
March 22, 2001... From the settlement's beginnings religion has been an omnipresent force in Detroit's development. (1) Indeed, the successive waves of immigration that have characterized Detroit's history can be viewed through a religious lens: the city was...

"Detroit the dynamic": the industrial history of Detroit from cigars to cars.
March 22, 2001... The first decade of the twentieth century represents a great divide in Detroit industrial history. In the second half of the nineteenth century, Detroit and its environs developed a substantial and diverse industrial base. Bulk product...

Gendered perspectives on Detroit history.
March 22, 2001... When Detroit celebrated its 250th anniversary in 1951 the city's women put on a pageant. On 21 June four hundred participants acted out thirty-three scenes from "Courage Was the Fashion," a theatrical extravaganza that depicted the women of...

"Boogie Chillen": uncovering Detroit's African-American cultural history.
March 22, 2001... In 1948 John Lee Hooker recorded his first and arguably greatest song, "Boogie Chillen." The single, pressed on Detroit's Modern label, stands as a watershed in blues history. The recording was a phenomenal success in the urban blues market,...

The ruins of Detroit: exploring the urban crisis in the motor city.
March 22, 2001... Detroit has long been a city of extremes. In the first half of the twentieth century, it became modernity's great tool room, its vast industrial complex the envy of the world. Since the late 1960s it has become the nation's symbol of urban...

The founding of Detroit by Cadillac.(Research Note)
March 22, 2001... Detroit was founded as a part of New France by Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac at a time when France controlled much of the North American interior. Cadillac had served in New France (now Canada) as a commandant at a remote northern for station...

The Midwest Capuchin Province of St. Joseph, Detroit, Michigan: its history and its archives.
March 22, 2001... When Cadillac took possession of Detroit in the name of Louis XIV on 24 July 1701, both a Jesuit and a Recollect Franciscan priest accompanied him. The Recollect Franciscan garb closely resembled the Capuchin habit. The Recollects were a reform...

Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village archives, manuscripts, library holdings, and special collections.
March 22, 2001... Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village The Research Center 20900 Oakwood Blvd. Dearborn, MI 48121-1970 Voice: 313.982.6070; fax: 313.982.6244 E-mail: rescntr@hfmgv.org Web site: http://www.hfmgv.org Although it...

Gary Clayton Anderson. Kinsmen of Another Kind: Dakota-White Relations in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1650-1862.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Gary Clayton Anderson. Kinsmen of Another Kind: Dakota-White Relations in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1650-1862. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1997. Pp. 383. Bibliography. Index. Paper, $15.95. Originally published in...

Chad Berry. Southern Migrants, Northern Exiles.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Chad Berry. Southern Migrants, Northern Exiles. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2000. Pp. 236. Bibliography. Index. Cloth, $44.95; paper, $21.95. The transplantation of southerners to midwestern cities is one of the most dramatic...

Julia Kirk Blackwelder. Now Hiring: the Feminization of Work in the United States, 1900-1995.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Julia Kirk Blackwelder. Now Hiring: The Feminization of Work in the United States, 1900-1995. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1997. Pp. 302. Illustrations. Index. Tables. Cloth, $39.95; paper, $17.95. Julia Blackwelder tells...

Margaret Beattie Bogue. Fishing the Great Lakes: an Environmental History, 1783-1933.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Margaret Beattie Bogue. Fishing the Great Lakes: An Environmental History, 1783-1933. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2000. Pp. 444. Index. Illustrations. Notes. Tables. Paper, $27.95. This book provides a comprehensive history of...

Ruth Bordin. Women at Michigan: the "Dangerous Experiment," 1870s to the Present.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Ruth Bordin. Women at Michigan: The "Dangerous Experiment," 1870s to the Present. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999. Pp. 138. Bibliography. Index. Cloth, $29.95. From its inception the University of Michigan has been a leading...

Betsy Hunter Bradley. The Works: the Industrial Architecture of the United States.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Betsy Hunter Bradley. The Works: The Industrial Architecture of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. 347. Glossary. Illustrations. Cloth, $45.00. By the post-Civil War era the once-popular Jeffersonian belief that...

Reginald Byron. Irish America.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Reginald Byron. Irish America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. 317. Bibliography. Index. Paper, $24.95. In Irish America, sociologist and anthropologist Reginald Byron investigates the maintenance and maturation of ethnicity...

James E. Davis. Frontier Illinois: a History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... James E. Davis. Frontier Illinois: A History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998. Pp. 515. Bibliography. Index. Notes. Paper, $18.95. Professor Davis has succeeded admirably in developing a...

Linda Bank Downs. Diego Rivera: the Detroit Industry Murals.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Linda Bank Downs. Diego Rivera: The Detroit Industry Murals. New York: W. W. Norton, 1999. Pp. 202. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Cloth, $49.95. Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry Murals are almost unique in modern art. Commissioned by...

Sarah Emma Edmonds. Memoirs of a Soldier, Nurse, and Spy: a Woman's Adventures in the Union Army.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Sarah Emma Edmonds. Memoirs of a Soldier, Nurse, and Spy: A Woman's Adventures in the Union Army. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1999. Pp. 266. Annotations. Illustrations. Index. Introduction. Cloth, $38.00; paper, $18.00. ...

Sidney Fine. "Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights": Michigan, 1948-1968.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Sidney Fine. "Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights": Michigan, 1948-1968. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2000. Pp. 448. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Notes. Cloth, $44.95. As Sidney Fine asserts in the first chapter of his...

John Gurda. The Making of Milwaukee.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... John Gurda. The Making of Milwaukee. Milwaukee: Milwaukee County Historical Society, 1999. Pp. 458. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Cloth, $24.95. The Making of Milwaukee is a full-length history of the city and an attempt at urban...

Laurence M. Hauptman and L. Gordon McLester III, eds. The Oneida Indian Journey: from New York to Wisconsin, 1784-1860.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Laurence M. Hauptman and L. Gordon McLester III, eds. The Oneida Indian Journey: From New York to Wisconsin, 1784-1860. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1999. Pp. 221. Bibliography. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Cloth, $40.00; paper,...

Darryl Holter, ed. Workers and Unions in Wisconsin: a Labor History Anthology.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Darryl Holter, ed. Workers and Unions in Wisconsin: A Labor History Anthology. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1999. Pp. 284. Index. Notes. Photographs. Tables. Cloth, $45.00; paper, $24.95. Darryl Holter has compiled an...

Andrew E. Hunt. The Turning: a History of Vietnam Veterans Against the War.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Andrew E. Hunt. The Turning: A History of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. New York: New York University Press, 1999. Pp. 259. Index. Notes. Cloth, $35.00; paper, $25.00. This fine work on Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) joins...

Nancy Isenberg. Sex and Citizenship in Antebellum America.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Nancy Isenberg. Sex and Citizenship in Antebellum America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Pp. 344. Bibliography. Cloth, $45.00; paper, $16.95. In Sex and Citizenship in Antebellum America Nancy Isenberg both expands...

John H. M. Laslett. Colliers across the Sea: a Comparative Study of Class Formation in Scotland and the American Midwest, 1830-1924.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... John H. M. Laslett. Colliers across the Sea: A Comparative Study of Class Formation in Scotland and the American Midwest, 1830-1924. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2000. Pp. 314. Bibliography. Index. Cloth, $49.95; paper, $18.95. ...

Peter N. Moogk. La Nouvelle France: the Making of French Canada--a Cultural History.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Peter N. Moogk. La Nouvelle France: The Making of French Canada A Cultural History. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2000. Pp. 340. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Notes. Paper, $25.95. Containing nine chapters, an introduction,...

Don Heinrich Tolzmann. The German-American Experience.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Don Heinrich Tolzmann. The German-American Experience. Amherst, N.Y.: Humanity Books, 2000. Pp. 466. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Tables. Paper, $35.00. The hyphen has once again become fashionable in American culture. Ethnic studies...

Dionicio Nodin Valdes. Barrios Nortenos: St. Paul and Midwestern Mexican Communities in the Twentieth Century.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Dionicio Nodin Valdes. Barrios Nortenos: St. Paul and Midwestern Mexican Communities in the Twentieth Century. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000. Pp. 380. Bibliography. Index. Notes. Cloth, $45.00; paper, $22.95. The urban history of...

Don Wallis. All We Had Was Each Other. The Black Community of Madison, Indiana.(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... Don Wallis. All We Had Was Each Other. The Black Community of Madison, Indiana. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999. Pp. 128. Cloth, $24.95. In this collection of oral histories from black residents of Madison, Indiana, Don Wallis...

Editor's page.(Editorial)
March 22, 2001... Assembling a special issue such as this is a bit like arranging a large formal dinner long planning, some invitations accepted and others declined, and then a rush at the end. Two years ago the Board of Editors first considered the idea of...