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The Origins of the Urban Crisis
The Origins of the Urban Crisis
Author: Thomas J. Sugrue
Once America's "arsenal of democracy," Detroit over the last fifty years has become the symbol of the American urban crisis. In this reappraisal of racial and economic inequality in modern America, Thomas Sugrue explains how Detroit and many other once prosperous industrial cities have become the sites of persistent racialized poverty. He challe...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691058887
ISBN-10: 0691058881
Publication Date: 4/13/1998
Pages: 408
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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If you are interested in urban poverty and race relations and how we got to where we are today, this is the book to read. "Sugrue finds the roots of today's urban povery in a hidden history of violence, discrimination, and deindustrialization that reshaped the American urban landscape after World War II." One of the best books I read in graduate school. I'm only passing it on because it is not in my field.


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