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Author Thompson, Heather Ann, 1963-

Title Whose Detroit? : politics, labor, and race in a modern American city / Heather Ann Thompson.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2001.
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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  F574.D457 T48 2001    Available  ---
Description viii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-277) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Beyond racial polarization: political complexity in the city and labor movement of the 1950s -- Optimism and crisis in the new liberal metropolis -- Driving desperation on the auto shop floor -- Citizens, politicians, and the escalating war for Detroit's civic future -- Workers, officials, and the escalating war for Detroit's labor future -- From battles on city streets to clashes in the courtroom -- From fights for union office to wildcats in the workplace -- Urban realignment and labor retrenchment: an end to Detroit's war at home -- Conclusion: civic transformation and labor movement decline in postwar urban America -- Epilogue.
Subject Detroit (Mich.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Detroit (Mich.) -- Race relations.
Detroit (Mich.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
African Americans.
Michigan -- Detroit.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Economic conditions.
Urban poor -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century.
Urban poor.
History.
Labor movement -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century.
Labor movement.
African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Migrations.
Rural-urban migration -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Rural-urban migration.
United States.
ISBN 080143520X cloth alkaline paper

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