Detroit Divided (Multi City Study of Urban Inequality)

Farley, Reynolds, Danziger, Sheldon, Holzer, Harry J.

ISBN 10: 0871542439 / ISBN 13: 9780871542434

Published by Russell Sage Foundation, 2000

Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Seller Inventory # L15A-03469

Synopsis:

Unskilled workers once flocked to Detroit, attracted by manufacturing jobs paying union wages, but the passing of Detroit's manufacturing heyday has left many of those workers stranded. Manufacturing continues to employ high-skilled workers, and new work can be found in suburban service jobs, but the urban plants that used to employ legions of unskilled men are a thing of the past. The authors explain why white auto workers adjusted to these new conditions more easily than blacks. Taking advantage of better access to education and suburban home loans, white men migrated into skilled jobs on the city's outskirts, while blacks faced the twin barriers of higher skill demands and hostile suburban neighborhoods. Some blacks have prospered despite this racial divide: a black elite has emerged, and the shift in the city toward municipal and service jobs has allowed black women to approach parity of earnings with white women. But Detroit remains polarized racially, economically, and geographically to a degree seen in few other American cities. A Volume in the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality

About the Author: REYNOLDS FARLEY is Otis Dudley Duncan Collegiate Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan, and research scientist at the Population Studies Center of the Institute for Social Research. SHELDON DANZIGER is Henry J. Meyer Collegiate Professor of Social Work and Public Policy and director of the Center on Poverty Risk and Mental Health at the University of Michigan. HARRY J. HOLZER is professor of economics at Michigan State University.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Detroit Divided (Multi City Study of Urban ...
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included