HIST 255 - Michigan History

3 credit (3 lecture, 0 lab) 3 contact hours [Reading Level 3]

This course presents a broad overview of the history of the Wolverine State. Several themes, including immigration, exploration, technology, mobility, abundance and exploitation are explored, especially as they relate to the broader picture of national history. Several important overlapping periods of Michigan history are examined in detail from the early French explorations and fur trade through the British occupation, the logging boom, statehood, growth of commerce and shipping, agricultural development and the Age of the Automobile with the consequent industrialization and growth of the tourist industry. The course focuses on local aspects of the state’s history as they relate to these themes and periods.
OFFERED: odd-year fall semesters