The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit - Updated Edition (Princeton Classics)

Synopsis

Introduction -- Arsenal Of Democracy -- Detroit's Time Bomb : Race And Housing In The 1940s -- The Coffin Of Peace : The Containment Of Public Housing -- The Meanest And The Dirtiest Jobs : The Structures Of Employment Discrimination -- The Damning Mark Of False Prosperities : The Deindustrialization Of Detroit -- Forget About Your Unalienable Right To Work : Responses To Industrial Decline And Discrimination -- Class, Status, And Residence : The Changing Geography Of Black Detroit -- Homeowners' Rights : White Resistance And The Rise Of Antiliberalism -- United Communities Are Impregnable : Violence And The Color Line -- Conclusion: Crisis : Detroit And The Fate Of Postindustrial America. Thomas J. Sugrue. With A New Preface By The Author. Winner Of The Bancroft Prize In American History--cover. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 281-364) And Index.