The Origins of the Urban Crisis Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit - Updated Edition |
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| Author:
| Sugrue, Thomas J. |
| Preface by:
| Sugrue, Thomas J. |
| Series title: | Princeton Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-16255-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2014 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $20.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.