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020 _a9780814339305
020 _z9780814336038 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
050 0 0 _aF574.D457
_bT39 2013
082 0 0 _a977.4/3403
_223
100 1 _aTaylor, Paul,
_d1959-
245 1 0 _a"Old Slow Town"
_h[electronic resource] :
_bDetroit during the Civil War /
_cPaul Taylor.
260 _aDetroit :
_bWayne State University Press,
_c[2013]
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (x, 248 pages )
490 0 _aGreat Lakes books series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and index.
505 0 _a"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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
651 0 _aMichigan
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 _aDetroit (Mich.)
_xHistory
_y19th century.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780814339305/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c34100
_d34100