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THE ORIGINS OF THE URBAN CRISIS
RACE AND INEQUALITY IN POSTWAR DETROIT |
| By: |
Thomas J. Sugrue, Thomas J. Sugrue |
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| ISBN 10: |
0691162557 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780691162553 |
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| Publisher: |
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
27 April, 2014 |
| Edition: |
Updated edition with a New Preface |
| Series: |
Princeton Classics |
| Pages: |
432 |
| Description: |
Once America's "arsenal of democracy," Detroit is now the symbol of the American urban crisis. In this reappraisal of America's racial and economic inequalities, the author asks why Detroit and other industrial cities have become the sites of persistent racialized poverty. |
| Synopsis: |
Once America's "arsenal of democracy," Detroit is now the symbol of the American urban crisis. In this reappraisal of America's racial and economic inequalities, Thomas Sugrue asks why Detroit and other industrial cities have become the sites of persistent racialized poverty. He challenges the conventional wisdom that urban decline is the product of the social programs and racial fissures of the 1960s. Weaving together the history of workplaces, unions, civil rights groups, political organizations, and real estate agencies, Sugrue finds the roots of today's urban poverty in a hidden history of racial violence, discrimination, and deindustrialization that reshaped the American urban landscape after World War II.This Princeton Classics edition includes a new preface by Sugrue, discussing the lasting impact of the postwar transformation on urban America and the chronic issues leading to Detroit's bankruptcy. |
| Illustrations: |
29 halftones. 17 tables. 10 maps. |
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US |
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Princeton University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Bancroft Prize in American History 1998 (United States)
Winner of Philip Taft Prize in Labor History 1997 (United States)
Winner of President's Book Award of the Social Science History Association
Winner of Best Book in North American Urban History Award of the Urban
Short-listed for Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles 1997 (United States) |
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