About this book
Hub of the American auto industry and site of the celebrated Riverfront Renaissance, Detroit is also a city of extraordinary poverty, unemployment, and racial segregation. This duality in one of the mightiest industrial metropolises of twentieth-century North America is the focus of this study. Viewing the Motor City in light of sociology, geography, history, and planning, the authors examine the genesis of modern Detroit. They argue that the current situation of metropolitan Detroitâeconomic decentralization, chronic racial and class segregation, regional political fragmentationâis a logical result of trends that have gradually escalated throughout the post-World War II era. Examining its recent redevelopment policies and the ensuing political conflicts, Darden, Hill, Thomas, and Thomas, discuss where Detroit has been and where it is going.
In the series Comparative American Cities, edited by Joe T. Darden.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- List of Maps. Figures. and Tables
- Preface: Angles of Vision
- Series Preface
- 1. Detroit: An Overview
- 2. Uneven Development in Metropolitan Detroit
- 3. Patterns of Race and Class Disparity
- 4. Interracial Conflict and Cooperation: Housing as a Case Study
- 5. City Redevelopment Policies
- 6. Politics and Policy in Metropolitan Detroit
- 7. What Future for Detroit?
- Notes
- Index
