Whose Detroit?
Subtitle: politics, labor, and race in a modern American city
By: Heather Ann Thompson.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Social conditions -- 20th century; African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; Urban poor -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century; Labor movement -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century; Rural-urban migration -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Detroit (Mich.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Detroit (Mich.) -- Race relations; Detroit (Mich.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-277) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Beyond racial polarization: political complexity in the city and labor movement of the 1950s; title: Optimism and crisis in the new liberal metropolis; title: Driving desperation on the auto shop floor; title: Citizens, politicians, and the escalating war for Detroit's civic future; title: Workers, officials, and the escalating war for Detroit's labor future; title: From battles on city streets to clashes in the courtroom; title: From fights for union office to wildcats in the workplace; title: Urban realignment and labor retrenchment: an end to Detroit's war at home; title: Conclusion: civic transformation and labor movement decline in postwar urban America; title: Epilogue.