On July 24; 1701; Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac stood in the heart of the wilderness on a bluff overlooking the Detroit River and claimed this frontier in the name of Louis XIV; thus began the story of Detroit; a city marked by pioneering spirits; industrial acumen; and uncommon durability. Over the course of its 300-year history; Detroit has been sculpted into a city unique in the American experience by its extraordinary mixture of diverse cultures: American Indian; French; British; American colonial; and a variety of immigrant newcomers. Detroit: A Motor City History documents the major events that shaped this once-small French fur-trading outpost across three centuries of conflict and prosperity. Through informative text and a variety of imagery; readers experience firsthand the struggles of the nascent village against raiding Indian tribes and the incessant political and military tug of war between the colonial French and English; and then American interests. Like many other major cities across the United States; Detroit played a pivotal role in establishing the countrys economic and industrial power in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; serving as a center for its well-known civilian and military mass-production resources. This visual history provides insight into Detroits rapid evolution from a hamlet into a metropolis against a backdrop of important community and national affairs: the decimating fire of 1805; the War of 1812; the Civil War; the Industrial Revolution; the Great Depression; and both world wars.
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