Ostrander, Stephen Garr.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2010

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Smith, Colby Cedar

Summary: Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit is a beautifully written novel in verse loosely based on author Colby Cedar Smith's maternal grandmother. The story follows Mary as she and her family emigrate from Greece to Detroit in the 1930s, creating a historically accurate portrayal of life as an immigrant during the Great Depression, hunger strikes, and violent riots. Mary lives in a tiny apartment with...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2021

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Summary: "In Asian Americans in Michigan: Voices from the Midwest, editors Sook Wilkinson and Victor Jew have assembled forty-one diverse contributors to give an intimate glimpse into Michigan's Asian American communities. Contributors create a fuller picture of these often overlooked groups, including the historical and demographic origins of Michigan's Asian American communities, experiences in memory...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2015

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Ten Harmsel, Larry

Contents: Seceders -- A meager paradise -- Heresy and sins -- Traditional saying -- The Civil War to World War I -- Hendrik Meijer -- Into the modern age -- Joke -- Provisional conclusions -- Hollywood in west Michigan -- Common Dutch words.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2002

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Glazier, Jack.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2001

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Helweg, Arthur Wesley

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2002

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Badillo, David A.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University 2003

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Forrester, Alan T.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2003

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Huseby-Darvas, Éva V.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University 2003

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Hassoun, Rosina J.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2005

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Metress, Seamus P.

Contents: Irish emigration to America -- The urban Irish in Detroit -- The Irish beyond Detroit -- Beyond the neighborhood today.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2006

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Trix, Frances.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2001

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Alvarado, Rudolph.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2003

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Cetinich, Daniel.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2003

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Kilar, Jeremy W.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2002

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Magnaghi, Russell M.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2001

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Magnaghi, Russell M.

Contents: The Cornish in the Upper Peninsula -- Demographics -- Culture -- People -- The Cornish in the Lower Peninsula -- The Cornish today.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2007

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Badaczewski, Dennis

Contents: Poles in Michigan -- Early Poles in Michigan -- Outstate Polish settlements -- Metropolitan Detroit -- Hamtramck -- George and Mary Jablonski -- Assimilation and acculturation -- The Catholic Church -- Father Theodor G. Bateski -- Education -- Military -- Politics -- Frank and Lillian Szymanski -- Sports -- Stanley Ketchel -- Polish recipes.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2002

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Cook, Bernard A.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2007

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Meija, Silvija D.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2005

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Dickinson, Eliot.

Summary: From the Publisher: "The Copts, or Egyptian Christians, are a relatively small and tight-knit ethno-religious group, numbering perhaps three thousand people and living mostly in the Detroit metropolitan area. Since they began immigrating to Michigan in the mid-1960s, their community has grown exponentially." Granted exceptional access to the Coptic community, Eliot Dickinson provides the first...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2008

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Sengstock, Mary C.

Contents: Culture and institutions in the Chaldean community -- A changing population -- Redefining community -- Contributions of the Chaldean community to Detroit and Michigan.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2005

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Carney-Coston, Barbara

Summary: In 1886, 11-year-old Mihaela embarks on a journey from Croatia to the Keweenaw Peninsula, also known as Michigan's Copper Country. Mihaela's papa had made the trip two years beforehand in order to work the copper mines so that he could send money back home, but a painful eye disease has left him vulnerable in a new land and in need of the skills of his wife, an expert healer. And so Mihaela,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2017

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