Detroit Then and Now(r)

by Cheri Y. Gay

Book Overview

Detroit Then and Now pairs archive images from over 100 years of Detroit's past to paint a vivid portrait of a city bouncing back from the economic recession.

Founded in 1701 by Antoine de le Mothe Cadillac as a trading post and fort, Detroit had a turbulent early history. Captured by the British in 1760, ceded to the United States in 1783, and destroyed by fire in 1805, Detroit nevertheless prospered throughout the nineteenth century because...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910904066
• ISBN13: 9781910904060
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Pavilion Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 11.1" x 9.7"