Detroit : a biography / Scott Martelle.
By: Martelle, Scott
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TextPublisher: Chicago : Chicago Review Press, c2012Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xvi, 288 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781569765265 (hardcover); 156976526X (hardcover).Subject(s): African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History | Detroit (Mich.) -- History | Detroit (Mich.) -- Economic conditions | Detroit (Mich.) -- PopulationDDC classification: 977.4/34 Summary: "Detroit: A Biography takes a long, unflinching look at the evolution of one of America's great cities, and one of the nation's greatest urban failures. It tells how the city grew to become the heart of American industry and how its utter collapse--from 1.8 million residents in 1950 to 714,000 only six decades later--resulted from a confluence of public policies, private industry decisions, and deep, thick seams of racism. And it raises the question: when we look at modern-day Detroit, are we looking at the ghost of America's industrial past or its future?" --Publisher.
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 977.434 M361 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003745577 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Detroit: A Biography takes a long, unflinching look at the evolution of one of America's great cities, and one of the nation's greatest urban failures. It tells how the city grew to become the heart of American industry and how its utter collapse--from 1.8 million residents in 1950 to 714,000 only six decades later--resulted from a confluence of public policies, private industry decisions, and deep, thick seams of racism. And it raises the question: when we look at modern-day Detroit, are we looking at the ghost of America's industrial past or its future?" --Publisher.
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