Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads Event: UM Dearborn Assistant Professor Martin Hershock Discusses Michigan - If You Seek An Interesting History Look About You
This event was held on January 24, 2010 at Malletts Creek Branch: Program Room AB
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This presentation will offer a broad overview of Michigan's history from the time of its earliest native inhabitants up through the present day. Among the themes to be emphasized will be: migration, mobility and diversity; the importance of geography in Michigan's past; Michigan's extractive industries; the rise of the auto industry; environmental history; the legal landscape; and urbanization and post-industrialism. Martin Hershock is Assistant Professor and Department Chair of History at the University of Michigan, Dearborn. The event will be held in conjunction with Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads 2010, which, this year focuses on the subject of Michigan.
