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1 online resource. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Section I. Historical Perspectives. Detroit history / Joel Stone -- Potawatomi Indians of Detroit / Susan Villerot -- Elijah Brush, transnational American / Sharon Tevis Finch -- The apprenticeship: good government mayor / Melvin Holli. Section II. Industrial decline and labor. The damning mark of false prosperities: the deindustrialization of Detroit / Thomas J. Sugrue -- Detroit: industrial democracy or capitalist oligarchy? / Bryan Jones and Lynn Bachelor -- The demise of Detroit: why the big three lost? / Sumit Kumar Chaudhury and Hansa Iyengyar. Section III. Race and politics. "They have lost all control in Detroit": July 24, 1967 / Sidney Fine -- Benefit of the redoubt / Jeffrey Horner -- Conflict between the black community and the white police / Joe T. Darden and Richard Thomas -- Emergence of black political power after 1967 / Joe T. Darden and Richard Thomas. Section IV. Planning and regional relations. The model city / Sidney Fine -- Milliken v. Bradley; a judicial betrayal of Brown / Nathaniel R. Jones -- Politics and policy in metropolitan Detroit / Joe T. Daren, Richard Child Hill, June Thomas, and Richard Thomas -- Urban renewal and Detroit / Emily Smith -- Detroit public transit: past, present, and future / Marissa Mewitz. Section V. Rebuilding a legacy. What drives Detroiters? / George Galster -- Faith-based organizing for metro equity in Detroit / Victoria Kovari -- Is Detroit America's future city? / Gary Sands. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web. |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 07, 2020). |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century.
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Detroit (Mich.) -- History.
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Detroit (Mich.) -- Politics and government.
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Detroit (Mich.) -- Race relations.
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Detroit (Mich.) -- Economic conditions.
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1900-1999 |
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Horner, Jeffrey T., editor.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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Faculty Publication.
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| ISBN |
1516561996 electronic book |
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9781516561995 electronic book |
| OCLC # |
EBC6175656 |
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