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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Heather Ann, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural-urban migration.

History.

African Americans--Migrations.

Labor movement.

Urban poor.

African Americans.

Economic conditions.

Social conditions.

Detroit (Mich.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Detroit (Mich.).

Detroit (Mich.)--Race relations.

Detroit (Mich.)--Economic conditions--20th century.

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.

United States.

Michigan--Detroit.

Physical Description:

viii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2001.

Contents:

Introduction: reassessing the fate of postwar cities, politics and labor

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-277) and index.

ISBN:

080143520X

OCLC:

47364038