Livonia - Hardcover

MacGregor, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1531619703 ISBN 13: 9781531619701

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions, 2005

Synopsis

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.

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Review

Title: Read more about city's interesting 175-year history
Author: Staff Writer
Publisher: hometownlife.com
Date: 3/25/2010

If you enjoyed reading about Livonia's 175-year history and seeing the historic photographs in our special section in today's paper, pick up copies of Livonia by David MacGregor and Livonia Preserved by Suzanne Daniel and Kathleen Glynn.

We used those pictorial books for the photographs and accompanying captions in the section. Published by Arcadia, the books are available for check out from all branches of the Livonia Public Library or for purchase for $20 each from Greenmead Historical Park in Livonia.

We also used information from Footpaths to Freeways by Dominic P. Paris and Livonia Public Schools 1830-2002 by Martha A. Trafford for some of the stories. Those books are also available for check out from the library. Copies of Footpaths to Freeways are available for purchase at Greenmead at varying prices, depending on their condition and whether they are hard or soft cover.

Many of the interesting "Did you know?" facts in the section came from Livonia Chronology complied by Suzanne Daniel, Harriet Larson and James Melosh. That reference book is available for research at Greenmead.
We trust you'll find all five books fascinating to read, as we did.

We would like to thank the authors for chronicling Livonia's growth from an agricultural community settled by pioneers to the progressive, high-tech city it is today. Without their work, much of the city's history would be lost to future generations

About the Author

DAVID MACGREGOR is a professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology at King\s University College at the University of Western Ontario.'Canadian Author

Edition details

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1531619703
• ISBN 13: 9781531619701
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 130