Joe T. Darden, Richard Child Hill, June Thomas, Richard Thomas: Detroit

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>Examining the genesis of modern Detroit as a hub of wealth and poverty<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877224853&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="507_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>Detroit</h1> <H2>Race and Uneven Development</H2> <h3>Joe T. Darden, Richard Child Hill, June Thomas and Richard Thomas</h3> <P>cloth 0-87722-485-4 $39.95, Dec 87, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Print</FONT> <br>paper 0-87722-776-4 $35.95, Aug 90, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Available</FONT> <br>Electronic Book 1-43990-500-2 $35.95 <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Print</FONT> <BR> 336 pp 21 tables 9 map(s) 2 figures </P><BLOCKQUOTE><I>"Anyone interested in urban economic development, the politics of economic development, and American race relations will find [in this book] a fascinating and careful analysis of Detroit's rise, fall, and ongoing comeback struggle.... of particular interest to urban planners and researchers concerned with urban decline in North America and Western Europe."</I> <br>&#151<b><I>Urban Studies</I></b><I></I></BLOCKQUOTE> <p>Hub of the American auto industry and site of the celebrated Riverfront Renaissance, Detroit is also a city of extraordinary poverty, unemployment, and racial segregation. This duality in one of the mightiest industrial metropolises of twentieth-century North America is the focus of this study. Viewing the Motor City in light of sociology, geography, history, and planning, the authors examine the genesis of modern Detroit. They argue that the current situation of metropolitan Detroit&#151economic decentralization, chronic racial and class segregation, regional political fragmentation&#151is a logical result of trends that have gradually escalated throughout the post-World War II era. Examining its recent redevelopment policies and the ensuing political conflicts, Darden, Hill, Thomas, and Thomas, discuss where Detroit has been and where it is going. <BR> <h2>Excerpt</h2><P>Excerpt available at <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress">www.temple.edu/tempress</a></p> <BR> <h2>Reviews</h2> <p><I>"</I>Detroit<I> is a wonderfully thorough compendium of urban inequality. It should quickly establish itself as the definitive study for Detroit-area planners and policy makers. For teachers and students in the Detroit metropolitan region, this book will prove invaluable as a reference text. The quantitative data are presented with minimal, but appropriate, statistical analysis, helpful maps, and well-organized tables. The case studies of struggles for school and housing integration make up some of the most readable sections of the book and power structure research methods are used to shed new light on such development projects as the Renaissance Center."</I> <br>&#151<b><I>Contemporary Sociology</I></b> <p><I>"The book offers fine treatments of the rise of black political power, of the efforts to rejuvenate downtown and the waterfront, and of the debt of the city in efforts to acquire new industrial and service-oriented development. Overall, Detroit ably achieves the goals of the series. The perspective is truly interdisciplinary, reflecting the authors� backgrounds. It is a thoroughly enjoyable geography, in the best sense of the word, of the Detroit metropolitan region."</I> <br>&#151<b><I>Geographical Reviews</I></b> <BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P> <p>List of Maps, Figures, and Tables <br>Preface: Angles of Vision <br>Series Preface <p>1. Detroit: An Overview <p>2. Uneven Development in Metropolitan Detroit <br><i>The Motor City &#149 One Detroit, Two Detroits, Many Detroits &#149 Coming Full Circle: Renaissance On The Riverfront &#149 Conclusion</i> <p>3. Patterns of Race and Class Disparity <br><i>Patterns of Race &#149 Black Protest &#149 Racial Disparity in Social and Economic Life &#149 The Pattern of Race within Detroit, 1940-1980 &#149 The Spatial Distribution of Blacks and Housing Costs, 1960-1980 &#149 The Consequences of Racial Segregation &#149 Differential Patterns of Racial Mobility in the Suburbs &#149 Patterns of Class &#149 Conclusion</i> <p>4. Interracial Conflict and Cooperation: Housing as a Case Study <br><i>The Emerging Conflict &#149 Building Barricades vs. Welcoming the Strangers &#149 Building an Interracial Movement for Fair Housing &#149 Suburban Resistance to HUD &#149 Maintaining The Struggle and the Dream &#149 Conclusion</i> <p>5. City Redevelopment Policies <br><i>The Detroit Plan and the Problem of Slums &#149 Slum Clearance Through Urban Renewal &#149 Balancing Redevelopment Resources &#149 Conclusion</i> <p>6. Politics and Policy in Metropolitan Detroit <br><i>Black Political Power in Detroit &#149 Metropolitan School Desegregation: A Policy Issue &#149 Toward Metropolitan Cooperation &#149 Conclusion</i> <p>7. What Future for Detroit? <br><i>Uneven Development &#149 Patterns of Race and Class &#149 Redevelopment Policies &#149 Interracial Conflict and Cooperation &#149 Regional Politics &#149 Guideposts for the Future</i> <p>Notes <br>Index </P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <P><b>Joe T. Darden</b> is Dean of Urban Affairs and Professor of Geography and Urban Affairs at Michigan State University.</P> <P><b>Richard Child Hill</b> is Professor of Sociology and Urban Affairs at Michigan State University.</P> <P><b>June Thomas</b> is Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Urban Affairs at Michigan State University.</P> <P><b>Richard Thomas</b> is Associate Professor of History and Urban Affairs at Michigan State University.</P> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/urban.html" TARGET="_top">Urban Studies</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/african.html" TARGET="_top">African American Studies</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/sociology.html" TARGET="_top">Sociology</a> </p> <BR><h2 class="inpageheading">In the series</H2> <P><I><a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress/cities.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Click for other books in this series!'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" target="_top">Comparative American Cities</a></i>, edited by Joe T. 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