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Whose Detroit? : politics, labor, and race in a modern American city
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Whose Detroit? : politics, labor, and race in a modern American city / Heather Ann Thompson.
ISBN
080143520X (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2001.
Physical Description
viii, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 23, 2004
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-277) and index.
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.
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