Arsenal of Democracy: The American Automobile Industry in World War Ii (Great Lakes Books) 0814339514, 9780814339510

Arsenal of Democracy: The American Automobile Industry in World War Ii (Great Lakes Books) 0814339514, 9780814339510

Throughout World War II, Detroit's automobile manufacturers accounted for one-fifth of the dollar value of the nati

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Graveyard of the Lakes (Great Lakes Books) 081432889X, 9780814328897

An analysis of the economic, social, and psychological factors that have influenced shipwrecks on the Great Lakes.

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Arsenal of Democracy: The Politics of National Security From World War II to the War on Terrorism 0465015077, 9780465015078

It has long been a truism that prior to George W. Bush, politics stopped at the water's edge--that is, that partisa

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Becoming the Arsenal : The American Industrial Mobilization for World War II, 1938-1942 9780761846703, 9780761846680

Becoming the Arsenal discusses one of the three signal events that transformed the relationship of government and the pr

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Songquest: The Journals of Great Lakes Folklorist Ivan H. Walton (Great Lakes Books) 0814344615, 9780814344613

Ivan H. Walton was a pioneering folklorist who collected the songs and stories of aging sailors living along the shores

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The Detroit Riot of 1967 (Great Lakes Books) 9780814343777, 0814343775

During the last days of July 1967, Detroit experienced a week of devastating urban collapse―one of the worst civil disor

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American Automobile Industry: Rebirth or Requiem? 9780472902064

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Bold Boys in Michigan History (Great Lakes Books) 0814344542, 9780814344545

Bold Boys in Michigan History―a companion to Great Girls in Michigan History―explores the stories of twenty boys who did

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Lake Invaders: Invasive Species and the Battle for the Future of the Great Lakes (Great Lakes Books) [Illustrated] 0814341241, 9780814341247

There are more than 180 exotic species in the Great Lakes. Some, such as green algae, the Asian tapeworm, and the sucker

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Great Lakes Journey: A New Look at America's Freshwater Coast (Great Lakes Books) 0814328377, 9780814328378

Great Lakes Journey is a follow-up to William Ashworth's earlier book The Late, Great Lakes, published in 1986. Fif

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