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- Mitchell's Map of Michigan, 1850 - This map shows Michigan in 1850, some 13 years after it achieved statehood. Cities were still largely confined to the southern Lower Peninsula. The map also includes major rivers and the state's emerging railroad network. The latter was dominated by the Michigan Central Railroad, running west from Detroit toward Chicago via Ann Arbor, Jackson, Battle Creek, and Kalamazoo.
- 1850
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Mitchell's Map of Michigan, 1850
This map shows Michigan in 1850, some 13 years after it achieved statehood. Cities were still largely confined to the southern Lower Peninsula. The map also includes major rivers and the state's emerging railroad network. The latter was dominated by the Michigan Central Railroad, running west from Detroit toward Chicago via Ann Arbor, Jackson, Battle Creek, and Kalamazoo.
- Road to Survival, 1948 -
- 1948
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Road to Survival, 1948
- "The Population Bomb," 1968 - Paul Ehrlich, an entomologist, and his wife, Anne Howland, who studied population biology, agreed that population-growth threatened human survival by outstripping available food supplies. They wrote <em>The Population Bomb</em> during the 1968 presidential campaign to stress the proactive steps necessary to reduce overpopulation. The topic exploded in February 1970, when Johnny Carson interviewed Ehrlich on <em>The Tonight Show</em>.
- 1968
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"The Population Bomb," 1968
Paul Ehrlich, an entomologist, and his wife, Anne Howland, who studied population biology, agreed that population-growth threatened human survival by outstripping available food supplies. They wrote The Population Bomb during the 1968 presidential campaign to stress the proactive steps necessary to reduce overpopulation. The topic exploded in February 1970, when Johnny Carson interviewed Ehrlich on The Tonight Show.
- "Industrial Port Elizabeth, South Africa," December 1971 - The Port Elizabeth Publicity Association created this brochure to promote the benefits of the South African city. Sections touted the advantages of the region's infrastructure, climate, location, and commercial and industrial possibilities for potential investors. However, the publication's glowing descriptions glossed over apartheid -- the system of harsh racial segregation imposed by the minority white South African government.
- December 01, 1971
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"Industrial Port Elizabeth, South Africa," December 1971
The Port Elizabeth Publicity Association created this brochure to promote the benefits of the South African city. Sections touted the advantages of the region's infrastructure, climate, location, and commercial and industrial possibilities for potential investors. However, the publication's glowing descriptions glossed over apartheid -- the system of harsh racial segregation imposed by the minority white South African government.