Detroit : city of race and class violence / by B.J. Widick ; foreword by Horace L. Sheffield, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Widick, B. J.

Series:

Great Lakes Books Series

Great Lakes books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.

Violence.

Detroit (Mich.)--Race relations.

Detroit (Mich.).

Detroit (Mich.)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This revised edition charts Detroit's bitter history of race and class violence, and its particular effect on the city today.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface to the Great Lakes Books Edition""; ""Preface""; ""1. The Legacy of the KKK""; ""2. The Twenties: Industrial Tyranny and Plantation Politics""; ""3. The Depression and the Growth of Radicalism""; ""4. CIO Sitdowns: The Birth of Industrial Unionism""; ""5. Labor's Triumph: The Fall of Ford""; ""6. Unionism�A New Foothold for Negroes""; ""7. Wartime Detroit: Racial Tension Explodes""; ""8. McCarthyism and Vigilante Democracy, Detroit Style""; ""9. Postwar Reconstruction in Reutherland""; ""10. Mayor Cavanagh and the Limits of Reform""

""11. A City Besieged: The Riot of �67""""12. Post-Riot Reconstruction: The Failure of the Power Elite""; ""13. Detroit�Black Metropolis of the Future""; ""Epilogue: Detroit�A Reexamination""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814337646

0814337643

OCLC:

849944857