| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 343 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
With the wind at their backs : migration to Detroit -- Henry Ford ushers in a new era for Black workers -- The politics of inclusion and the construction of a new Detroit -- Drawing the color line in housing, 1915-1930 -- The politics of unemployment in depression-era Detroit, 1927-1931 -- Henry Ford at a crossroads : Inkster and the Ford Hunger March -- Behind the mask of civility: Black politics in Detroit, 1932-1935 -- Charting a new course for Black workers -- Black workers change tactics, 1937-1941. |
| Summary |
In the 1920s, Henry Ford hired thousands of African American men for his open-shop system of auto manufacturing. This move was a rejection of the notion that better jobs were for white men only. This book explains how black Detroiters, newly arrived from the South, seized the economic opportunities offered by Ford in the hope of gaining greater economic security. As these workers came to realize that Ford's anti-union 'American Plan' did not allow them full access to the American Dream, their loyalty eroded, and they sought empowerment by pursuing a broad activist agenda. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans. |
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Michigan -- Detroit. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social conditions. |
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Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Migration, Internal. |
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United States. |
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Detroit (Mich.) -- Social conditions.
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Detroit (Mich.) -- Race relations.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bates, Beth Tompkins. Making of Black Detroit in the age of Henry Ford. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2012 9780807835647 (DLC) 2012007161 (OCoLC)780288679 |
| ISBN |
9780807837450 (electronic book) |
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0807837458 (electronic book) |
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9781469601571 (electronic book) |
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1469601575 (electronic book) |
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9780807835647 |
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0807835641 |
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