From Middling City to Automobile Metropolis: The Making of Detroit in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

Matt Daley, Ph.D.,professor of history at Grand Valley State University,describes the changes to Detroit’s social,political,and economic landscape, as well as the clashes between political leaders, ethnic groups, and businessmen over how to deal with these changes. This presentation is part of a series of programs, The Gilded Age to the Great War: America at the Turn of the Century. Pre-registration is required.