Detroit

Race Riots, Racial Conflicts, and Efforts to Bridge the Racial Divide

Joe T. Darden, Richard W. Thomas (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

370 Seiten

2013
Michigan State University Press (Verlag)
978-1-61186-066-5 (ISBN)

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Episodes of racial conflict in Detroit form just one facet of the city’s storied and legendary history, and they have sometimes overshadowed the less widely known but equally important occurrence of interracial cooperation in seeking solutions to the city’s problems. The conflicts also present many opportunities to analyze, learn from, and interrogate the past in order to help lay the groundwork for a stronger, more equitable future. This astute and prudent history poses a number of critical questions: Why and where have race riots occurred in Detroit? How has the racial climate changed or remained the same since the riots? What efforts have occurred since the riots to reduce racial inequality and conflicts, and to build bridges across racial divides? Unique among books on the subject, Detroit pays special attention to post-1967 social and political developments in the city, and expands upon the much-explored black-white dynamic to address the influx of more recent populations to Detroit: Middle Eastern Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans. Crucially, the book explores the role of place of residence, spatial mobility, and spatial inequality as key factors in determining access to opportunities such as housing, education, employment, and other amenities, both in the suburbs and in the city.

Joe T. Darden is Professor of Geography at Michigan State University and former Dean of Urban Affairs Programs (1984–1997). Richard W. Thomas is Professor Emeritus of History at Michigan State University.

Contents List of Tables Acknowledgments Preface Chapter 1. Historical Causes and Consequences of the 1967 Civil Disorder: White Racism, Black Rebellion, and Changing Race Relations in the Post–Civil Disorder Era Chapter 2. Conflict between the Black Community and White Police: Before and after the 1967 Civil Disorder Chapter 3. Racial Conflict over School Desegregation Chapter 4. Racial Conflict over Employment Discrimination Chapter 5. The Emergence of Black Political Power after 1967: Impact of the Civil Disorders on Race Relations in Metropolitan Detroit Chapter 6. City and Suburban Conflict over Residential Sharing of Neighborhoods Chapter 7. The Declining Auto Industry and Anti-Asian Racism: The Murder of Vincent Chin Chapter 8. African American and Middle Eastern American Relations after 1967 Chapter 9. Old Minority and New Minority: Black- Latino Relations in a Predominantly Black City Chapter 10. Economic Restructuring, Black Deprivation, and the Problem of Drugs and Crime Chapter 11. Measuring the Racial Divides in Metropolitan Detroit Chapter 12. Interracial Cooperation and Bridge Building in the Postriot Era Chapter 13. Alternative Futures for Residents of Detroit Appendix. Method of Computation of the Index of Dissimilarity References Index

Zusatzinfo	14
Verlagsort	East Lansing, MI
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-61186-066-0 / 1611860660
ISBN-13	978-1-61186-066-5 / 9781611860665
Zustand	Neuware