About this title: Once America's "arsenal of democracy," Detroit over the last fifty years has become the symbol of the American urban crisis. In this reappraisal of racial and economic inequality in modern America, Thomas Sugrue explains how Detroit and many other once prosperous industrial cities have become the sites of persistent racialized poverty. He ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton Univ Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780691058887ISBN:0691058881
Description: Good. S. Paperback. Approx 2 doz pp with minor markings. Light wear. Text is tight. All items are carefully and securely packed to insure they arrive in the advertised condition. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780691121864ISBN:0691121869
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 375 p. Contains: Illustrations. Princeton Studies in American Politics (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780691121864ISBN:0691121869
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 375 p. Contains: Illustrations. Princeton Studies in American Politics (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780691121864ISBN:0691121869
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 375 p. Contains: Illustrations. Princeton Studies in American Politics (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780691121864ISBN:0691121869
Description: Good. Paperback. May include moderately worn cover, writing, markings or slight discoloration. May include moderately worn cover, writing, markings or slight discoloration. SKU: 25168533 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780691121864. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: UMI Dissertation Service: Ann Arbor, MI 1993 reprint of 1992 Harvard...
Description: 8.25 x 6.5, wraps, 428 pp, a rather worn copy with soiled covers and edges. Still, printed several years before the trade edition. read more
Description: New. "This superb study offers a richly detailed account of the rise and fall of twentieth-century Detroit....Must reading for...everyone concerned about the current urban crisis. "--Jacqueline Jones, author of "The Dispossessed: America's Underclass fr... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691121864ISBN:0691121869
Description: Good. 0691121869 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
"I read this in an American Culture class I took in college, and completely forgot about it until today, when someone was asking me for book recommendations related to urban planning and community development. I recall that it was fascinating as well as a bit depressing. I think I'm due for a re-read."
"I guess this is required reading for Detroiters. But for an academic book, it's incredibly readable. I've wanted to write a sequel for some time now, mostly because I have a working title. Sold for a Dollar!: White Flight and Post-Rebellion Decline in Detroit"
"Incredible in depth (a nice way of saying very interesting subject, but dry writing...) history of postwar Detroit. It was actually quite appalling to realize that incidents like this actually happened... and not so long ago..."
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