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

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Autore principale:	Thompson, Heather Ann, 1963- (Autore)
Natura:	Elettronico eBook
Lingua:	inglese
Pubblicazione:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2001.
Soggetti:	African Americans > Michigan > Detroit > Social conditions > 20th century. African Americans > Michigan > Detroit > Economic conditions > 20th century. 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. Electronic books.
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Sommario:

Introduction
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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