Fitzgerald : geography of a revolution / William Bunge ; with a foreword by Nik Heynen and Trevor Barnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bunge, William, 1928-

Contributor:

Heynen, Nik, 1973-

Barnes, Trevor.

Series:

Geographies of justice and social transformation ; 8.

Geographies of justice and social transformation ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--History.

African Americans.

African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--Social conditions.

Inner cities--Michigan--Detroit--History.

Inner cities.

Human geography--Michigan--Detroit--History.

Human geography.

Social change--Michigan--Detroit--History.

Social change.

Social justice--Michigan--Detroit--History.

Social justice.

Fitzgerald (Detroit, Mich.)--Race relations.

Fitzgerald (Detroit, Mich.).

Detroit (Mich.)--Race relations.

Detroit (Mich.).

Fitzgerald (Detroit, Mich.)--Geography.

Detroit (Mich.)--Geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This on-the-ground study of one square mile in Detroit was written in collaboration with neighborhood residents, many of whom were involved with the famous Detroit Geographical Expedition and Institute. Fitzgerald, at its core, is dedicated to understanding global phenomena through the intensive study of a small, local place. Beginning with an 1816 encounter between the Ojibwa population and the neighborhood's first surveyor, William Bunge examines the racialized imposition of local landscapes over the course of European American settlement. Historical events are firmly situated in space-a task Bunge accomplishes through liberal use of maps and frequent references to recognizable twentieth-century landmarks. More than a work of historical geography, Fitzgerald is a political intervention. By 1967 the neighborhood was mostly African American; Black Power was ascendant; and Detroit would experience a major riot. Immersed in the daily life of the area, Bunge encouraged residents to tell their stories and to think about local politics in spatial terms. His desire to undertake a different sort of geography led him to create a work that was nothing like a typical work of social science. The jumble of text, maps, and images makes it a particularly urgent book-a major theoretical contribution to urban geography that is also a startling evocation of street-level Detroit during a turbulent era. A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication

Contents:

section 1. The certain past

Pioneers : colored and white

The farms prosper

Detroit envelops Fitzgerald

section 2. The crucial present

Races meet

Races mix

Races separate

Slums move closer

Fitzgerald plans

Institutions respond

Education strains

section 3. The uncertain future

Youth fights back

Defeat or victory?

Appendix.

Notes:

Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Schenkman Pub. Co., 1971.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613586933

9780820364995

0820364991

9781280491702

1280491701

9780820339740

0820339741

OCLC:

754890085