A history of the water corridor that defines southeast Michigan sits at the heart of the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem, the Great Lakes.
Reading Nature highlights the ten books that most influenced the scope and direction of literary natural history in the United States, exploring... Læs mere
This book brings together cutting-edge research and thinking about Detroit’s eighteenth- and nineteenth-century origins; its cast of Indigenous, European, and Black place makers; and its positions within the histories of the Great Lakes, Canada, and the United States.
To Tilt at Windmills is the memoir of Briton Fred Thomas who served with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War (July 1936-March 1939).
n the tradition of The Name of the Rose and Girl with the Pearl Earring, The Schoolmaster’s Daughter is the story of a family torn asunder by political strife and a... Læs mere
Looking back, within, and ahead - while ultimately focusing on the here and now - Kristin Brace traverses landscapes of memory, dreams, and the imagination, exploring the... Læs mere
Iowa’s story of change, from removing Indigenous nations and farming its prairies and wetlands to the growth... Læs mere
Queer Contiguities of Nigerian Literature explores how normative ideas of sex and gender have shaped the development of Nigerian literature. The book traces... Læs mere
This study of the legendary Michigan shipbuilder Frank E. Kirby examines his life and the accomplishments that earned him national esteem and international fame. Richard Gebhart brings to life the story of one of the most prolific Great Lakes shipbuilders of the time.
Many a Hand: Michigan and the Civil War brings together familiar and little-known stories about Michiganians who—in facing the nation’s most challenging ordeal—combined courage, doggedness, and ideals to produce an enduring legacy both at home and on the battlefield.