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"Old Slow Town" [electronic resource] : Detroit during the Civil War / Paul Taylor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Great Lakes books seriesPublication details: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2013] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (x, 248 pages )ISBN:
  • 9780814339305
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 977.4/3403 23
LOC classification:
  • F574.D457 T39 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
"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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and index.

"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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