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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

Whose Detroit?

Politics,
Labor,
and
Race in
a Modern
American
City

Heather Ann Thompson

With a New Prologue

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS

Ithaca and London

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