TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thompson,Heather Ann
TI  - Whose Detroit?: politics, labor, and race in a modern American city 
SN  - 080143520X (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - F574.D457 T48 2001
U1  - 306/.09774/34 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Michigan
KW  - Detroit
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Urban poor
KW  - History
KW  - Labor movement
KW  - Migrations
KW  - Rural-urban migration
KW  - United States
KW  - Detroit (Mich.)
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Race relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-277) and index; Introduction -- Beyond racial polarization: political complexity in the city and labor movement of the 1950s -- Optimism and crisis in the new liberal metropolis -- Driving desperation on the auto shop floor -- Citizens, politicians, and the escalating war for Detroit's civic future -- Workers, officials, and the escalating war for Detroit's labor future -- From battles on city streets to clashes in the courtroom -- From fights for union office to wildcats in the workplace -- Urban realignment and labor retrenchment: an end to Detroit's war at home -- Conclusion: civic transformation and labor movement decline in postwar urban America -- Epilogue
ER  -