| Livonia Contributor(s): MacGregor, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738534250 ISBN-13: 9780738534251 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2005 Annotation: At the turn of the 20th century, the township of Livonia was largely a rural community populated with farms, dirt roads, and a number of cheese factories. A few decades later, as the auto industry boomed in Detroit, white-collar workers sought places to raise their families outside of the city, and neighborhoods in Livonia went up seemingly overnight. The result was the creation of a quintessential American suburban city, one in which urban and rural lifestyles converged and formed a new kind of community. This book celebrates Livonia's development from the 19th to the 21st century, as it evolved from wilderness into a city that is routinely rated as one of the best places to raise a family in the United States. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
| Dewey: 977.433 |
| LCCN: 2005924316 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 6.54" W x 9.26" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Michigan - Locality - Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the turn of the 20th century, the township of Livonia was largely a rural community populated with farms, dirt roads, and several cheese factories. A few decades later, as the auto industry boomed in Detroit, white-collar workers sought places to raise their families outside the city, and Livonia changed seemingly overnight. What was once considered a backwater berg was suddenly seen with different eyes through the lens of the quintessential American suburban city, one in which urban and rural lifestyles converged and formed a new kind of community. This book celebrates Livonia's development from the 19th to 21st century, as it evolved from wilderness into a city that is routinely rated as one of the best places to raise a family in the United States. |
Contributor Bio(s): MacGregor, David: - Author David MacGregor is a lifelong resident of Livonia. An award-winning playwright and screenwriter, MacGregor teaches film and American studies courses at Wayne State University, and worked in close collaboration with the Livonia Historical Commission, which generously provided materials for publication in this book. |