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1  Hollowed Ground

Hollowed Ground
Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s

Larry Lankton
Available May 2010
$79.95s (Cloth) - 9780814334584

Details a century and a half of copper mining along Upper Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula, from the arrival of the first incorporated mines in the 1840s until the closing of the last mine in the mid-1990s.

2  Picturing Hemingway’s Michigan

Picturing Hemingway’s Michigan
By Michael R. Federspiel
Available May 2010
$39.95t (Cloth) - 9780814334478

A compilation of personal photographs, historical images, and written excerpts illuminating Ernest Hemingway’s significant ties to northern Michigan.

3  Techno Rebels

Techno Rebels
The Renegades of Electronic Funk

By Dan Sicko
Foreword by Bill Brewster.
Available April 2010
$19.95t (Paper) - 9780814334386

An updated, expanded history of techno music with special attention to its roots in Detroit.

4  Storied Independent Automakers

Storied Independent Automakers
Nash, Hudson, and American Motors

By Charles K. Hyde
Published November 2009
$34.95t (Cloth) - 9780814334461

Explores the business history of three major independent American automakers—Nash Motor Company, the Hudson Motor Car Company, and the American Motors Company—that faced fierce competition from the “Big Three.”

5 A Motor City Year

A Motor City Year
By John Sobczak
With a Foreword by Jeff Daniels
Published October 2009
$39.95t (Cloth) - 9780814334102

Photographs of the unique people, places, and events that make up a year in the life of Metropolitan Detroit.

6 The Slasher Killings

The Slasher Killings
A Canadian Sex-Crime Panic, 1945-1946

By Patrick Brode
Published October 2009
$22.95t (Paper) - 9780814334485

Examines the postwar Windsor slasher killings and the social consequences of the public paranoia that followed.

7  Up the Rouge!

Up the Rouge!
Paddling Detroit's Hidden River

Text by Joel Thurtell
Photographs by Patricia Beck
Published April 2009
$34.95t (Paper) - 9780814334256

Chronicles in words and pictures a five-day trip made by two Detroit Free Press journalists up the abused Rouge River in metro Detroit.

8 A History of Wayne State University in Photographs

A History of Wayne State University in Photographs
By Evelyn Aschenbrenner
Foreword by Bill McGraw
Introduction by Charles K. Hyde
Published April 2009
$39.95t (Cloth) - 9780814332825

Showcases the founding, development, and growth of Wayne State University, Michigan’s third largest public university, in historical photographs.

9  Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation

Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation
By Anthony J. Yanik
Published April 2009
$34.95s (Cloth) - 9780814334232

A detailed history of Maxwell Motor Company, a medium-sized Detroit automaker that became the foundation of the Chrysler Corporation.

10  A Newscast for the Masses

A Newscast for the Masses
The History of Detroit Television News

By Tim Kiska
Published January 2009
$24.95t (Paper) - 9780814333020

Explores the development of local television news and the economic and social factors that elevated it to prominence.

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