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table of contents
  1. Prologue to the 2017 Printing
  2. Notes to the Prologue to the 2017 Printing
  3. List of Abbreviations
  4. Introduction: Reassessing the Fate of Postwar Cities, Politics, and Labor
  5. 1. Beyond Racial Polarization: Political Complexity in the City and Labor Movement of the 1950S
  6. 2. Optimism and Crisis in the New Liberal Metropolis
  7. 3. Driving Desperation on the Auto Shop Floor
  8. 4. Citizens, Politicians, and the Escalating War for Detroit’s Civic Future
  9. 5. Workers, Officials, and the Escalating War for Detroit’s Labor Future
  10. 6. From Battles on City Streets to Clashes in the Courtroom
  11. 7. From Fights for Union Office to Wildcats in the Workplace
  12. 8. Urban Realignment and Labor Retrenchment: An End to Detroit’s War at Home
  13. Conclusion: Civic Transformation and Labor Movement Decline in Postwar Urban America
  14. Epilogue
  15. Notes from the Author
  16. Notes
  17. Index

Copyright © 2001 by Heather Ann Thompson

Prologue to the 2017 Printing copyright © 2017 by Heather Ann Thompson

All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850.

First published 2001 by Cornell University Press

First printing, Cornell Paperbacks, 2004

Reprinted with a new prologue, 2017

Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Thompson, Heather Ann, 1963- author.

Title: Whose Detroit? : politics, labor, and race in a modern American city / Heather Ann Thompson ; with a new prologue.

Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016055835 (print) | LCCN 2016057115 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501709210 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781501709227 (epub/mobi) | ISBN 9781501712814 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Detroit (Mich.)—Politics and government—20th century. | Detroit (Mich.)—Race relations. | Detroit (Mich.)—Economic conditions—20th century. | African Americans—Michigan—Detroit—Social conditions—20th century. | African Americans—Michigan—Detroit—Economic conditions—20th century. | Urban poor—Michigan— Detroit—History—20th century. | Labor movement—Michigan—Detroit—History—20th century. | African Americans—Migrations—History—20th century. | Rural-urban migration—United States—History—20th century.

Classification: LCC F574.D457 T48 2017 (print) | LCC F574.D457 (ebook) | DDC 305.8009774/34—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016055835

Cornell University Press strives to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the fullest extent possible in the publishing of its books. Such materials include vegetable-based, low-VOC inks and acid-free papers that are recycled, totally chlorine-free, or partly composed of nonwood fibers. For further information, visit our website at www.cornellpress.cornell.edu.

Cover photograph: Standoff at Linwood and Hazelwood Streets, July 1967.

Photograph by Tony Spina, the Chief Photographer of the Detroit Free Press. © Detroit Free Press. Used with permission.

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