"Old Slow Town" : : Detroit During the Civil War
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On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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"A pleasant Protestant, no smell of Irish about her but respectable German": the ethnic and commercial development of Detroit, 1815-60 -- "Truly an old fashioned 4th of July scene": a city, state, and nation initially united for union -- "Every...day laborer...will find a rival in a Negro": fear and suspicion of "secret societies" and Blacks -- "One of the most melancholy spectacles it was ever our lot to witness": anxiety over the draft and its consequences in Detroit -- "In all the shops...everything has become so expensive": gender issues, labor strife, and economic ills confront wartime Detroit -- "There is no department of our work that has afforded more satisfaction": Detroit responds to its soldiers' needs -- "Our people are now fully warned": the war almost hits home -- "Three cheers for the ladies!": celebration and remembrance.
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SERIES
Great Lakes books series.
PUBLISHED
Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2013]
Year Published: 2013
Description: x, 248 pages ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780814336038 (cloth : alk. paper)
0814336035 (cloth : alk. paper)
SUBJECTS
Detroit (Mich.) -- History -- 19th century.
Michigan -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.