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Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910
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Title: Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910
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Description: Portrays the states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century through first-person accounts, biographies, promotional literature, local histories, ethnographic and antiquarian texts, colonial archival documents, and other works. The collection's 138 volumes depict the land and its resources; the conflicts between settlers and Native peoples; the experience of pioneers and missionaries, soldiers and immigrants and reformers; the growth of local communities and local cultural traditions; and the development of regional and national leadership in agriculture, business, medicine, politics, religion, law, journalism, education, and the role of women.
GEM Subjects:
Social Studies
Anthropology
State history
United States history
DLF-specific Subjects: American Culture
Geographic Coverage: North America (continent)
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Time Period: Late 19th Century (1868-1900)
Middle 19th Century (1834-1867)
Early 19th Century (1801-1833)
Late 18th Century (1768-1800)
Middle 18th Century (1734-1767)
Early 18th Century (1701-1733)
Late 17th Century (1668-1700)
Middle 17th Century (1634-1667)
Early 17th Century (1601-1633)
Modern (1701-present)
Renaissance (1301-1700)
Objects Represented: Biographies
Documents
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Frequency of additions: Irregularly
This Record Last Updated By: khage@umich.edu
This Record Last Updated On: 12/3/2008 1:12:46 PM
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Notes: Works in the Library of Congress's General Collections and Rare Books and Special Collections Division
 
 
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