Detroit : a biography
Record details
- ISBN: 9781569765265 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 156976526X (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
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xvi, 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-280) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | A difficult childhood -- The British decades -- Detroiters I, the Morans -- Detroit and the Canal of Riches -- The Civil War and racial flashpoints -- Detroit turns industrial -- Detroiters II, Michael Farrell -- The auto era -- A great migration -- The Roaring Twenties -- Great Depression -- The Black Legion -- Housing and the racial divide -- The War years -- The 1943 Riot -- The postwar boom -- Race in the Fifties -- Detroiters III, Henry Russell, Jr. -- Death of the covenants -- Detroiters IV, the Blacks -- The Oil Embargo -- Detroiters V, John Thompson -- When the jobs go away -- Detroiters VI, Shelley -- Pittsburgh, a different case. |
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Subject: | Detroit (Mich.) History Detroit (Mich.) Economic conditions Detroit (Mich.) Population African Americans Michigan Detroit History |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | F 574 .D44 M37 2012 | 30543742 | General Collection | Available | - |