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Louis Graveraet Kaufman
Publication Date: June 2025
Author Ann Berman highlights Kaufman's remarkable journey from "barefoot boyto trailblazing branch banking giant, proving LG was not just a man of his time but one worth reading about over a century later.
The Forgotten Iron King of the Great Lakes
Publication Date: October 2024
And yet, despite his countless successes, Ward's captivating life was filled with ruthless competition, labor conflict, familial dispute, and scandal.
The Salmon Capital of Michigan
Publication Date: April 2024
Complementing an ecological understanding of events, this narrative details the significance of the fishery and its loss as experienced by the townspeople whose lives it touched.
Dear Department Chair
Publication Date: September 2023
The collective's works, including this volume, serve as tools for faculty interested in administration, current chairs seeking mentorship, and upper-level administrators working to diversify their ranks.
The Dodge Brothers
Publication Date: July 2023
Despite their achievements and their critical role in the early success of Henry Ford, John and Horace Dodge are usually overlooked in histories of the early automotive industry, but Hyde has put them front and center again to appropriately credit their lasting legacy.
Paper Valley
Publication Date: April 2023
Allen and Campbell eloquently outline the problematic bureaucracy involved in environmental cleanup efforts and reveal tactics to compel corporate entities who would dodge accountability for decades worth of contamination.
100 Years of the Detroit Historical Society
Publication Date: December 2021
It is a fascinating tale that reflects the pride Detroiters have in their city and shows trends in historical preservation and organizational structures across North America.
Justus S. Stearns
Publication Date: September 2021
American history scholars, as well as general readers interested in Michigan's lumbering era and Kentucky's mining history, will enjoy this biography of an exceptionally influential businessman.
Embracing a City, the Kresge Foundation in Detroit: 1993-2017
Publication Date: January 2019
Once assembled, the authors agreed that—assembling together in context with one another – the content could serve as an important snapshot of some of the positive forces and extreme undercurrents at play in Detroit during this extraordinary time in the city.
Whaleback Ships and the American Steel Barge Company
Publication Date: May 2018
Readers interested in the maritime history of the Great Lakes and the industries that developed around them will find this book fascinating.
Maurice Sugar
Publication Date: February 2018
Maurice Sugar represents a force in American life that bears recalling in these barren years of plant closings.
Brewed in Michigan
Publication Date: October 2017
Brewed in Michigan is a book for beer enthusiasts and for people who want a better understanding of what makes Michigan beer special. Cheers!
Images from the Arsenal of Democracy
Publication Date: March 2014
The first comprehensive and detailed history drawn solely from the surviving photographic record of wartime Detroit, Images from the Arsenal of Democracy will be appreciated by automotive historians, World War II scholars, and American history buffs.
Arsenal of Democracy
Publication Date: October 2013
Automotive historians, World War II scholars, and American history buffs will welcome the compelling look at wartime industry in Arsenal of Democracy.
Revolution Detroit
Publication Date: March 2013
Readers interested in urban studies and recent Detroit history will appreciate this thoughtful assessment of the best practices and obvious errors when it comes to reinventing our cities.
Iron Will
Publication Date: March 2011
This story will appeal to scholars interested in industrial or mining history, business historians, and those interested in Great Lakes and Michigan history.
Reimagining Detroit
Publication Date: October 2010
Readers interested in urban studies and environmental issues will enjoy the fresh perspective of Reimagining Detroit.
Storied Independent Automakers
Publication Date: November 2009
Auto historians and readers interested in business history will enjoy Storied Independent Automakers.
Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation
Publication Date: February 2009
Auto buffs and local historians will appreciate Yanik's thorough and engaging look at this slice of automotive history.
A Newscast for the Masses
Publication Date: February 2009
Anyone interested in television history or journalism will appreciate this detailed and informative study.
The Practical Utopians
Publication Date: January 2005
Dealing with a critically important yet largely ignored aspect of working-class life during the late nineteenth century, The Practical Utopians brings crucial aspects of the cooperative movement to light and is a necessary study for all scholars of history, labor history, and political science.
Roy D. Chapin
Publication Date: July 2004
"—From the introduction by Charles K. Hyde, Department of History, Wayne State University
A Wobbly Life
Publication Date: July 2004
This book is a tangible and touching story about a man whose life deserves reflection and remembrance.
Critical Evaluations of Economic Development Policies
Publication Date: April 2004
This dynamic collection proposes to stimulate discussion among scholars, developers, and urban administrators to build awareness of the ways to foster completely informed policies and evaluate their outcomes.
Community-Based Organizations
Publication Date: February 2004
Individual chapters present an array of theoretical arguments, empirical analysis, and applied case studies that are of interest to academics, practitioners, and activists in the community development field.
Henry's Lieutenants
Publication Date: December 2003
Ford Bryan obtained a considerable amount of the material in this book from the oral reminiscences of the subjects themselves.
"My World Is Gone"
Publication Date: May 2002
Theworkers of Bladenboro are gone, and little remains of the mills, but this work pays tribute to lives well lived under the most challenging circumstances.
The Reuther Brothers
Publication Date: August 2001
Against the background of the Depression and the Civil Rights movement, The Reuther Brothers helps readers to understand the ongoing struggles for economic and social justice.
Mail by the Pail
Publication Date: October 2000
The colorful pictures and expressive words in Mail by the Pail will interest young readers as well as anyone living in the states that border the Great Lakes.
When Corporations Leave Town
Publication Date: August 2000
Persky and Wiewel then explore a broad range of public policies advocated for reversing or mitigating metropolitan deconcentration.
Which Direction for Organized Labor?
Publication Date: December 1998
It analyzes the overall state of organized labor and examines the direction it should take in rebuilding its strength and influence.
Confronting Change
Publication Date: September 1998
The case studies and analyses show the wide range of potential outcomes as workers struggle to become actors, rather than victims, in the emerging North American auto industry.
Broken Patterns
Publication Date: June 1995
The book suggests that women will continue to move forward—and take steps back—to make their own way, each incorporating and surpassing the hopes and dreams of generations past to create a new feminine identity.
Work Hard and You Shall Be Rewarded
Publication Date: December 1992
The humor of the materials pinpoints the ills and frustrations of modern society and becomes, in turn, an escape from them.
Labor History Archives in the United States
Publication Date: June 1992
In view of the fact that labor history has become, over the past generation, one of the more active and seminal fields of American historical studies, with major institutions and many smaller ones throughout the country now represented, this volume will serve as a basic but detailed guide to the...
Never Try to Teach a Pig to Sing
Publication Date: June 1991
Dundes and Pagter clearly demonstrate the existence of folklore in the modern urban technological world and refute the notion that folklore reflects only the past.
Michigan's Lumbertowns
Publication Date: August 1990
More than a narrative history, it is a study of violence, business, and social change.
Punching Out
Publication Date: March 1990
Opting for blunt, straightforward language, Daniels does not try to "poeticizethe factory but rather injects the factory into his poetry.
Theories of the Labor Movement
Publication Date: May 1987
Such groupings allow for ready comparison of divergent views of the origins, development, and future of the labor movement.
