Whose Detroit? : Politics, Labor, and Race in a Modern American City /
Thompson, Heather Ann
Whose Detroit? : Politics, Labor, and Race in a Modern American City / Heather Ann Thompson. - With a New Prologue - 1 online resource (304 p.) : 20 halftones
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue to the 2017 Printing -- Notes to the Prologue to the 2017 Printing -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Beyond Racial Polarization -- 2. Optimism and Crisis in the New Liberal Metropolis -- 3. Driving Desperation on the Auto Shop Floor -- 4. Citizens, Politicians, and the Escalating War for Detroit’s Civic Future -- 5. Workers, Officials, and the Escalating War for Detroit’s Labor Future -- 6. From Battles on City Streets to Clashes in the Courtroom -- 7. From Fights for Union Office to Wildcats in the Workplace -- 8. Urban Realignment and Labor Retrenchment -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Notes from the Author -- Notes -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
"Thompson's engrossing book is essential for any collection on the history, politics, or society of post–World War II America."― Library JournalIn Whose Detroit?, Heather Ann Thompson focuses in detail on the African American struggles for full equality and equal justice under the law that shaped the Motor City during the 1960s and 1970s. Even after Great Society liberals committed themselves to improving conditions in Detroit, Thompson argues, poverty and police brutality continued to plague both neighborhoods and workplaces. Frustration with entrenched discrimination and the lack of meaningful remedies not only led black residents to erupt in the infamous urban uprising of 1967, but it also sparked myriad grassroots challenges to postwar liberalism in the wake of that rebellion.With deft attention to the historical background and to the dramatic struggles of Detroit's residents, and with a new prologue that argues for the ways in which the War on Crime and mass incarceration also devastated the Motor City over time, Thompson has written a biography of an entire nation at a time of crisis.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501712814
10.7591/9781501712814 doi
African Americans--Migrations--History--20th century.
African Americans--Economic conditions--Michigan--Detroit--20th century.
African Americans--Social conditions--Michigan--Detroit--20th century.
Labor movement--History--Michigan--Detroit--20th century.
Poor--History--Michigan--Detroit--20th century.
Rural-urban migration--History--United States--20th century.
Urban poor--History--Michigan--Detroit--20th century.
Labor History.
U.S. History.
Urban Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
America's post-1945 urban crisis. Discrimination. ascendence of the black power movement. auto industry in detroit. black communities. black history in the united states. black history of michigan. blood in the water. books about racial policy in detroit. deaths in auto plants. detroit labor movement. detroit politics and government. detroit politics. detroit urban poor. detroit's 1967 rebellion. discrimination in detroit. dodge revolutionary union movement. economic conditions in the united states. effects of the great society programs. great society programs. history of detroit. history of housing in detroit. history of labor and the workforce. history of police brutality. history of strikes in detroits. history of the detroit left. integration detroit. james johnson jr. johnson murders of chrysler employees. kerner commission. labor movement in the auto industry. labor movement of the 1950s. labor relations. late-sixties liberalism collapse. league of revolutionary black workers. life in postwar american. michigan civil rights commission. michigan history. michigan studies. modern race relations. modern united states history. new liberal metropolis. police brutality in detroit. pulitzer prize winner. race relations in detroit. race relations. revolutionary union movements. rural urban migration. strikes detroit. united automobile workers. united states history. urban history detroit. urban political development. war on crime in detroit. workplace organizations.
F574.D457
305.8009774/34
Whose Detroit? : Politics, Labor, and Race in a Modern American City / Heather Ann Thompson. - With a New Prologue - 1 online resource (304 p.) : 20 halftones
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue to the 2017 Printing -- Notes to the Prologue to the 2017 Printing -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Beyond Racial Polarization -- 2. Optimism and Crisis in the New Liberal Metropolis -- 3. Driving Desperation on the Auto Shop Floor -- 4. Citizens, Politicians, and the Escalating War for Detroit’s Civic Future -- 5. Workers, Officials, and the Escalating War for Detroit’s Labor Future -- 6. From Battles on City Streets to Clashes in the Courtroom -- 7. From Fights for Union Office to Wildcats in the Workplace -- 8. Urban Realignment and Labor Retrenchment -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Notes from the Author -- Notes -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
"Thompson's engrossing book is essential for any collection on the history, politics, or society of post–World War II America."― Library JournalIn Whose Detroit?, Heather Ann Thompson focuses in detail on the African American struggles for full equality and equal justice under the law that shaped the Motor City during the 1960s and 1970s. Even after Great Society liberals committed themselves to improving conditions in Detroit, Thompson argues, poverty and police brutality continued to plague both neighborhoods and workplaces. Frustration with entrenched discrimination and the lack of meaningful remedies not only led black residents to erupt in the infamous urban uprising of 1967, but it also sparked myriad grassroots challenges to postwar liberalism in the wake of that rebellion.With deft attention to the historical background and to the dramatic struggles of Detroit's residents, and with a new prologue that argues for the ways in which the War on Crime and mass incarceration also devastated the Motor City over time, Thompson has written a biography of an entire nation at a time of crisis.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501712814
10.7591/9781501712814 doi
African Americans--Migrations--History--20th century.
African Americans--Economic conditions--Michigan--Detroit--20th century.
African Americans--Social conditions--Michigan--Detroit--20th century.
Labor movement--History--Michigan--Detroit--20th century.
Poor--History--Michigan--Detroit--20th century.
Rural-urban migration--History--United States--20th century.
Urban poor--History--Michigan--Detroit--20th century.
Labor History.
U.S. History.
Urban Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
America's post-1945 urban crisis. Discrimination. ascendence of the black power movement. auto industry in detroit. black communities. black history in the united states. black history of michigan. blood in the water. books about racial policy in detroit. deaths in auto plants. detroit labor movement. detroit politics and government. detroit politics. detroit urban poor. detroit's 1967 rebellion. discrimination in detroit. dodge revolutionary union movement. economic conditions in the united states. effects of the great society programs. great society programs. history of detroit. history of housing in detroit. history of labor and the workforce. history of police brutality. history of strikes in detroits. history of the detroit left. integration detroit. james johnson jr. johnson murders of chrysler employees. kerner commission. labor movement in the auto industry. labor movement of the 1950s. labor relations. late-sixties liberalism collapse. league of revolutionary black workers. life in postwar american. michigan civil rights commission. michigan history. michigan studies. modern race relations. modern united states history. new liberal metropolis. police brutality in detroit. pulitzer prize winner. race relations in detroit. race relations. revolutionary union movements. rural urban migration. strikes detroit. united automobile workers. united states history. urban history detroit. urban political development. war on crime in detroit. workplace organizations.
F574.D457
305.8009774/34