Detroit: Race and Uneven Development (Comparitive American Cities) - Softcover

Darden, Joe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877227764 ISBN 13: 9780877227762

Publisher: Temple University Press, 1990

Synopsis

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 Detroit―economic decentralization, chronic racial and class segregation, regional political fragmentation―is 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.

About this title

Book Description:

Examining the genesis of modern Detroit as a hub of wealth and poverty

About the Author:

Joe T. Darden is Dean of Urban Affairs and Professor of Geography and Urban Affairs at Michigan State University.

Richard Child Hill is Professor of Sociology and Urban Affairs at Michigan State University.

June Thomas is Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Urban Affairs at Michigan State University.

Richard Thomas is Associate Professor of History and Urban Affairs at Michigan State University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0877227764
• ISBN 13: 9780877227762
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 229