Detroit: a biography
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At its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, Detroit's status as epicenter of the American auto industry made it a vibrant, populous, commercial hub and then the bottom fell out. Detroit: A Biography takes a long, unflinching look at the evolution of one of America's great cities and one of the nation's greatest urban failures. This authoritative yet accessible narrative seeks to explain how the city grew to become the heart of American industry and how its utter collapse from nearly two million residents in 1950 to less than 715,000 some six decades later resulted from a confluence of public policies, private industry decisions, and deeply ingrained racism. Drawing from U.S. Census data and including profiles of individuals who embody the recent struggles and hopes of the city, this book chronicles the evolution of what a modern city once was and what it has become.
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African Americans
African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History
Biographies
City planning
Detroit (Mich.) -- Economic conditions
Detroit (Mich.) -- History
Detroit (Mich.) -- Population
Economic conditions
Electronic books
History
Middle West
Political science
Population
Public policy
Rural conditions
Social sciences
Sociology
Sociology, Urban
United States
African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History
Biographies
City planning
Detroit (Mich.) -- Economic conditions
Detroit (Mich.) -- History
Detroit (Mich.) -- Population
Economic conditions
Electronic books
History
Middle West
Political science
Population
Public policy
Rural conditions
Social sciences
Sociology
Sociology, Urban
United States
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Biographies
City planning
Detroit (Mich.) -- Economic conditions
Detroit (Mich.) -- History
Detroit (Mich.) -- Population
Electronic books
History
Middle West
Political science
Public policy
Rural conditions
Social sciences
Sociology
Sociology, Urban
United States
Biographies
City planning
Detroit (Mich.) -- Economic conditions
Detroit (Mich.) -- History
Detroit (Mich.) -- Population
Electronic books
History
Middle West
Political science
Public policy
Rural conditions
Social sciences
Sociology
Sociology, Urban
United States
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City planning
Economic conditions
Electronic books
History
Middle West
Political science
Population
Public policy
Rural conditions
Social sciences
Sociology
Sociology, Urban
United States
City planning
Economic conditions
Electronic books
History
Middle West
Political science
Population
Public policy
Rural conditions
Social sciences
Sociology
Sociology, Urban
United States
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