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

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Hlavní autor: Thompson, Heather Ann, 1963- (Autor)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2001.
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Obsah:
  • 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.