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The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit Updated Edition

A history of how industrial change, housing segregation, and local politics deepened racial inequality in postwar Detroit well before the 1967 uprising.

11 parts, about 28 minutes to read.

At a glance

Author
Thomas J. Sugrue
Parts
11 parts
Reading time
about 28 minutes
The whole book
Also to read in full

What the summary covers

  1. Introduction: An Earlier Urban Crisis2 min
  2. Industry, Migration, and Wartime Conflict2 min
  3. The Housing Trap3 min
  4. Who Would Receive Public Housing?3 min
  5. Discrimination at Work3 min
  6. The Deindustrialization of Detroit3 min
  7. Responses to Industrial Decline and Discrimination3 min
  8. Class, Status, and Residence2 min
  9. Homeowners' Rights2 min
  10. Violence and the Color Line3 min
  11. Detroit and the Fate of Postindustrial America2 min

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