Whose Detroit? : politics, labor, and race in a modern American city

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

Author/creator	Thompson, Heather Ann, 1963-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2001.
Description	viii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	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. Detroit (Mich.)--Politics and government --20th century. Detroit (Mich.)--Race relations. Detroit (Mich.)--Economic conditions --20th century. Detroit (Mich.)--Race relations. Detroit (Mich.)--History --20th century. Detroit (Mich.)--Politics and government --20th century. Detroit (Mich.)--Social conditions --20th century.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-277) and index.
LCCN	2001003940
ISBN	080143520X (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F574.D457 T48 2001	✔ Available	Place Hold