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AWARDWINNER
I Got to Keep Moving
African American characters navigate a physical and spiritual journey beginning in the antebellum South.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814345931
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814345948
Maurice Sugar
Law, Labor, and the Left in Detroit, 1912-1950
A biography of the life of Maurice Sugar, a labor activist and lawyer for the United Auto Workers, highlighting his struggles of the early 1930s to bring the union message to Detroit.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814344835
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814340042
AWARDWINNER
Heaven Was Detroit
From Jazz to Hip-Hop and Beyond
A comprehensive collection of essays on the long history of Detroit music by some of America’s best-known music writers.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814341223
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814341230
Representation and Citizenship
Representation and Citizenship establishes the terms for engaging the meanings of citizenship in the world today by framing the issue as a pull between founding beliefs and multicultural trajectories.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814342466
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814342473
AWARDWINNER
Grimms' Tales around the Globe
The Dynamics of Their International Reception
A systematic study of various factors in the international reception of Grimms’ fairy tales.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814339206
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814339213
AWARDWINNER
Arsenal of Democracy
The American Automobile Industry in World War II
Examines the role of the American automobile industry in producing vehicles, weapons, and other war products during World War II.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814339510
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814339527
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
People, Law, and Politics
A chronological history of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, from its beginnings in the 1830s to the present.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814334614
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814337202
Booker T & Them
A Blues
A poetic reimagining of the life of Booker T. Washington that explores issues of being an African American male of note at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814337165
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814337172
AWARDWINNER
My Dura-Europos
The Letters of Susan M. Hopkins, 1927-1935
Describes life from a woman’s perspective at the excavation of Dura-Europos, an ancient site that contained many remarkable archaeological finds.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814335888
Love/Imperfect
New short stories from Christopher T. Leland that explore love in all of its forms and complexities.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814334959
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814335369
AWARDWINNER
The Color of Law
Ernie Goodman, Detroit, and the Struggle for Labor and Civil Rights
Biography of Ernie Goodman, a Detroit lawyer and political activist who played a key role in social justice cases.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814334966
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814336380
AWARDWINNER
Birth of a Notion; Or, The Half Ain't Never Been Told
A Narrative Account with Entertaining Passages of the State of Minstrelsy and of America & the True Relation Thereof
A critical look at black identity in American history and popular culture as told from a performative African American perspective.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814334089
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814335277
Storied Independent Automakers
Nash, Hudson, and American Motors
Explores the business history of three major independent American automakers—Nash Motor Company, the Hudson Motor Car Company, and the American Motors Company—that faced fierce competition from the "Big Three."
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814334461
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814340868
Roses and Revolutions
The Selected Writings of Dudley Randall
Collects significant poetry, short stories, and essays by celebrated African American poet and publisher Dudley Randall.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814334454
Tracking King Kong
A Hollywood Icon in World Culture, 2nd Edition
Studies the cultural impact and audience reception of King Kong from the 1933 release of the original film until today.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814334300
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814337424
AWARDWINNER
Art in Detroit Public Places
Third Edition
Third edition of a favorite guide to major examples of public art in metropolitan Detroit, updated for the first time since 1999.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814333785
AWARDWINNER
Race and Remembrance
A Memoir
Memoir of respected Detroit civic and civil rights leader Arthur L. Johnson.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814333709
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814337493
Wide Awake in Someone Else's Dream
A new collection from Detroit poet M. L. Liebler, a unique voice in contemporary poetry.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814333822
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814335253
Tracy W. McGregor
Humanitarian, Philanthropist, and Detroit Civic Leader
Biography of Detroit philanthropist Tracy McGregor and his wife, Katherine Whitney McGregor, that details their support of charities and social movements in the first decades of the twentieth century.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814333761
Remapping the Humanities
Identity, Community, Memory, (Post)Modernity
An innovative collection demonstrating the rich potential for interdisciplinary learning found within the network of university-based humanities centers.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814333693