The Changing Face of Inequality
Subtitle: Urbanization, Industrial Development, and Immigrants in Detroit, 1880-1920
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: August 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9780226994581
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Social history; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Social Science; History - U.S.; History: American; Sociology; USA; Emigration & Immigration; Sociology - Urban; United States - State & Local - General; Social Science / Sociology / Urban; Alien labor; Detroit; History; Industries; Michigan; Social classes
First sentence: Most American cities witnessed four well-known transformations from the 1870s to the 1920s: cities became bigger, with denser and more diversified populations; the manufacture of industrial goods grew tremendously, as did the amount and types of services produced; government and community organizations changed from relatively simple to more complex structures; and, above all, cities became the prime locus of assimilation for newcomers in American society.