The Great Lakes States of America: People, Politics, and Power in the Five Great Lakes States
- ISBN-10
- 0393056198
- ISBN-13
- 9780393056198
- Category
- Great Lakes Region (North America)
- Pages
- 383
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1980-01-01
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Authors
- Neal R. Peirce, John Keefe
Description
Drawing extensively on interviews with contemporary public figures, Peirce studies the farmlands, industries and politics of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin while exploring other aspects of these middle-class, sometimes ...
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