A Fluid Frontier (Great Lakes Books Series): Slavery, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad in the Detroit River Borderland [1 ed.] 081433959X, 9780814339596

A Fluid Frontier 9780814339602, 9780814339596

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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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Paper Valley: The Fight for the Fox River Cleanup (Great Lakes Books Series) 9780814349595, 9780814349588, 0814349595

Booklist raves: "A compelling human-interest tale on par with 'Erin Brockovich' and Jonathan Harr's

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Uppermost Canada: The Western District and the Detroit Frontier, 1800-1850 (Great Lakes Books) [Reprint ed.] 0814344488, 9780814344484

Uppermost Canada examines the historical, cultural, and social history of the Canadian portion of the Detroit River comm

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A People's Atlas of Detroit (Great Lakes Books) [Illustrated] 0814342973, 9780814342978

In recent years, Detroit has been touted as undergoing a renaissance, yet many people have been left behind. A People’s

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Detroit on Stage: The Players Club, 1910-2005 (Great Lakes Books) 0814343228, 9780814343227

Founded in 1910, Detroit's Players Club is an all-male club devoted to the production of theater by members for oth

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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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Race, Religion, and the Pulpit: Rev. Robert L. Bradby and the Making of Urban Detroit (Great Lakes Books) 0814332919, 9780814332917

During the Great Migration of African Americans from the South to the cities of the Northeast, Midwest, and West, the lo

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Redevelopment and Race: Planning a Finer City in Postwar Detroit (Great Lakes Books) [Reprint ed.] 0814339077, 9780814339077

In the decades following World War II, professional city planners in Detroit made a concerted effort to halt the city�

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Making Freedom: The Underground Railroad and the Politics of Slavery 1469608774, 9781469608778

The 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which mandated action to aid in the recovery of runaway slaves and denied fugitives legal r

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