Michigan Politics & Government: Facing Change in a Complex State

by Kenneth VerBurg and William P. Browne

Book Overview

Michigan, like most of the states formed from the old Northwest, originated as a state of farmers, fishermen, and lumbermen and remained so until Detroit emerged as a major industrial center at the turn of the twentieth century. The growth of the automotive industry attracted new immigrants and new politics. Republican for most of its history, Michigan became a bipartisan state with political divisions: upper versus lower peninsula, agriculture versus...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803260881
• ISBN13: 9780803260887
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 409 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.8"