George Galster

Driving Detroit

The Quest for Respect in the Motor City

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Produktbeschreibung

George Galster is Clarence Hilberry Professor of Urban Affairs in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at Wayne State University in Detroit.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Renewed Spirit Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9780812222951
• ISBN-10: 0812222954
• Artikelnr.: 39751781

Autorenporträt

George Galster

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Prologue. Two Daughters of Detroit
1. Riding on the Freeway: A Riff on the Place Called Motown
2. Sculpting Detroit: Polity and Economy Trump Geology
3. From Fort to Ford to . . . ?
4. From Old World to Old South and Old Testament
5. Who Will Feast on the Fruits of Labor?
6. Turf Wars
7. Wrestling for Pieces of the Proletarian Pie
8. Feasting on Fear
9. The Dynamics of Decay, Abandonment, and Bankruptcy
10. What Drives Detroiters?
11. From Motown to Mortropolis
Epilogue. Two Daughters of Detroit Revisited
Selected References
Index
Ac knowledgments