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The origins of the urban crisis : race and inequality in postwar Detroit /
Once America's "arsenal of democracy," Detroit has become 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. He...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
2014
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| Edición: | First Princeton Classics edition. |
| Colección: | Princeton studies in American politics.
Princeton classics. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Once America's "arsenal of democracy," Detroit has become 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. 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 the author, discussing the lasting impact of the postwar transformation on urban America and the chronic issues leading to Detroit's bankruptcy. |
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| Notas: | "Winner of the Bancroft Prize in American History."--Cover. "With a new preface by the author."--Cover. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (liv, 375 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-364) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400851218 1400851211 130670720X 9781306707206 |