An ideal on-line resource of Michigan history materials is MeL Michigana where you can find links to a variety of digital collections including:
- Michigan History
- Archeology
- Archives
- Associations and Organizations
- Bridges
- Cities and Villages
- Ethnic
- General History
- History Museums
- Lighthouses
- Logging
- Maritime
- Military
- Mining
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Michigan History
Michigan history is a general survey of the historical development of Michigan from the primitive wilderness to the present; growth of certain political, economic, social and cultural institutions which contribute to understanding Michigan and the Great Lakes area today; and emphasis on relating the history of the state to that of both the area and the nation.
Approaching History
- Introduction to the study of history, its content and method
- Writing about history
Chapter Topics
- Introduction to Michigan and the Great Lakes area
- Geology
- Environment
- Native Americans
- Origins
- Tribes
- Customs and characteristics
- The Seventeenth Century
- The French:
- Earliest explorers
- Fur trade
- Missionaries
- Early activities in the Lower Peninsula
- The Eighteenth Century
- The Duel for Empire:
- Early Detroit
- The French and Indian War
- British control
- The American Revolution and advent of "American" settlement
- The Nineteenth Century
- The "Northwest Territory" and growth of Michigan
- Exploration and immigration
- The War of 1812
- Statehood
- Social and economic emergence from the wilderness
- The Civil War and its aftermath
- Michigan's "coming of age"
- The lumber era
- The dominance of Republicanism
- The Twentieth Century
- The Rise of the Automobile Industry and Urbanization
- War, Boom, Bust, and War
- Political Developments since 1945
- Economic Developments since 1945
- Social Developments since 1945
- The Twenty-first Century
- Recent cultural trends and prospects for the future
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