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Author:

Galster, George C., 1948-

Title:

Driving Detroit : the quest for respect in Motown / George Galster.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

x, 305 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Detroit (Mich.)--Social conditions--21st century.
Detroit (Mich.)--Economic conditions--21st century.
Detroit (Mich.)--Race relations--21st century.
Suburban life--Detroit.--Detroit.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Two daughters of Detroit -- Riding on the freeway: a riff on the place called Motown -- Sculpting Detroit: polity and economy trump geology -- From fort to Ford to ... ? -- From Old World to Old South and Old Testament -- Who will feast on the fruits of labor? -- Turf wars -- Wrestling for pieces of the proletarian pie -- Feasting on fear -- The dynamics of decay, abandonment, and bankruptcy -- What drives Detroiters? -- From Motown to mortropolis -- Two daughters of Detroit revisited.

Series:

Metropolitan portraits

ISBN:

081224429X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780812244298 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)810290898

LCCN:

2011046747

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)