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The Origins of the Urban Crisis

Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit (Princeton Studies in American Politics

Thomas J. Sugrue

A thought-provoking look at the roots of America's urban crisis, exploring the persistent racialized poverty in cities like Detroit. The author tackles the difficult question of why industrial cities have become symbols of economic and racial inequality in the United States.
Publish Date
2005-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
2005-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1996
Goodreads Rating
4.23
ISBN
9780691121864
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2016-08-27T00:17:09.000Z
Here's the best book I've read about post-war Detroit. Fascinating, complicated story, broadly applicable      source