University Of Michigan Regional imprint: 59 books
Michigan Family Farms and Farm Buildings
Landscapes of the Heart and Mind
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2010
"Thoughtfully documenting the voice and emotions of many who might otherwise remain unheard, Hemalata Dandekar provides in-depth accounts and insights, underpinned by quietly rigorous analysis, about family interactions and the perceptions, understandings, and memories of family members . . ....
Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge
The University of Michigan Museums, Libraries, and Collections 1817–2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge explores the museums, libraries, and special collections of the University of Michigan on its bicentennial. Since its inception, U-M has collected and preserved objects: biological and geological specimens; ethnographic and archaeological artifacts; photographs...
by J. Alan Holman, Margaret B. Holman
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2009
Did you know . . . ?
Michigan is seventeenth in oil production in the United States.
The Great Lakes are said to be the only glacially produced structures that can be seen from the moon.
Michigan was once part of a coral reef.
The wood frog is one of the commonest true frogs of moist woodland...
In the Name of Editorial Freedom
125 Years at the Michigan Daily
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
At a time when daily print newspapers across the country are failing, the Michigan Daily continues to thrive. Completely operated by students of the University of Michigan, the paper was founded in 1890 and covers national and international news topics ranging from politics to sports to entertainment....
Michigan Shrubs and Vines
A Guide to Species of the Great Lakes Region
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Shrubs and vines are some of the most diverse and widespread plants in the Great Lakes Region. Michigan Shrubs and Vines is the must-have book for anyone who wishes to identify and learn about these fascinating plants. Presented in the same attractive, easy-to-use format as the classic Michigan...
Medicine at Michigan
A History of the University of Michigan Medical School at the Bicentennial
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
A trailblazer in American medical education since 1850, the Medical School at the University of Michigan was the first program in the United States to own and operate its own hospital and the earliest major medical school to admit women. In the late nineteenth century, the School emerged as a frontrunner...
Right in Michigan's Grassroots
From the KKK to the Michigan Militia
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2011
"A real contribution to Michigan history that gets to the root of the movements in twentieth-century American history that upon reflection can bring a certain discomfort and unease."
---Francis X. Blouin, Director of the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Throughout...
Soapy
A Biography of G. Mennen Williams
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
"This is an important book about an important public official, G. Mennen 'Soapy' Williams---an unabashed liberal, a true humanitarian, and a great patriot."
---George McGovern
"Soapy Williams had a deep talent not only to compel but on occasion to repel."
---John Kenneth...
by John Fedynsky
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
“ Whether you are an attorney, a Michigan history buff, or a lover of architecture, you will find this book is a valuable resource.”
---Michigan Bar Journal
John Fedynsky documents in narrative and photos every county courthouse of Michigan's eighty-three counties, as well as the Michigan...
Ladies of the Lights
Michigan Women in the U.S. Lighthouse Service
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
"A great read about some great ladies, Pat Majher's Ladies of the Lights pays long overdue homage to an overlooked part of Great Lakes maritime history in which a select group of stalwart women beat the odds to succeed in a field historically reserved for men."
---Terry Pepper, Great Lakes...
The Boy Governor
Stevens T. Mason and the Birth of Michigan Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
In 1831, Stevens T. Mason was named Secretary of the Michigan Territory at the tender age of 19, two years before he could even vote. The youngest presidential appointee in American history, Mason quickly stamped his persona on Michigan life in large letters. After championing the territory's successful...
Ann Arbor Observed
Selections from Then and Now
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Twenty-five years ago Grace Shackman began to document the history of Ann Arbor’s buildings, events, and people in the Ann Arbor Observer. Soon Shackman’s articles, which depicted every aspect of life in Ann Arbor during the city’s earlier eras, became much-anticipated regular stories. Readers...
Elly Peterson
"Mother" of the Moderates
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2011
"A magisterially written, well-researched, informative, and entertaining biography of a woman who helped throw open the doors to broader participation and power for women in the Republican Party and American politics."
---Dave Dempsey, author of William G. Milliken: Michigan's Passionate...
Michigan
A History of Explorers, Entrepreneurs, and Everyday People
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2014
The history of Michigan is a fascinating story of breathtaking geography enriched by an abundant water supply, of bold fur traders and missionaries who developed settlements that grew into major cities, of ingenious entrepreneurs who established thriving industries, and of celebrated cultural icons...