Michigan

Bruce A. Rubenstein is Professor of History at the University of Michigan-Flint. A native of Port Huron, Michigan, he has co-authored two books with Lawrence Ziewacz: Three Bullets Sealed His Lips (1987) and Payoffs in the Cloakroom: The Greening of the Michigan Legislature, 1938-1945 (1995), both dealing with Michigan’s political history. He also authored Chicago in the World Series, 1903-2005: Cubs and White Sox in Championship Play (2006) in addition to numerous articles on baseball and Indian-White relations in Michigan.Lawrence E. Ziewacz, late Professor of American Thought and Language at Michigan State University, was a native of Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. He co-authored two books with Bruce Rubenstein: Three Bullets Sealed His Lips (1987) and Payoffs in the Cloakroom: The Greening of the Michigan Legislature, 1938-1945 (1995). He also co-authored The Games They Played: Sports in American History (1983) and was co-advisory editor of The Guide to United States Popular Culture (2001).

• Introduction vii1 The Original Michiganians 12 The New Acadia 163 Under the Union Jack 424 Wilderness Politics and Economics 575 Challenges of Statehood 706 Decade of Turmoil 857 Defense of the Nation 1028 Radicals and Reformers 1159 Early Ethnic Contributions 13010 Grain, Grangers, and Conservation 14211 Development of Intellectual Maturity 15712 Wood and Rails 17613 The World of Wheels 19514 From Bull Moose to Bull Market 21015 Depression Life in an Industrial State 23116 Inequality in the Arsenal of Democracy 24917 Fears and Frustration in the Cold War Era 26118 The Turbulent 1960s 27419 Challenges of the 1970s 28720 Toward the Twenty-First Century 29921 Entering the New Millennium 31722 Reinventing Michigan 334Appendix A: Governors of the Territory and State of Michigan 344Appendix B: Counties, Dates of Organization, and Origins of County Names 346Appendix C: Michigan's State Song 351Appendix D: Michigan's State Symbols 352Index 353