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The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit - Updated Edition Review: Excellent - This is quite a remarkable book. It attempts to explain the riots that occurred in Detroit in the late 1967. These riots were racially based and some of the most brutal in America. The book basically is about racism. It describes the history of racism in Detroit between the 1930's and the 1960's. Unlike other books that tend to be anecdotal this book attempts to look at the mechanics of the process and to provide empirical material to illustrate and validate the material in the text. The story of the book is that racism is a complex phenomenon. Detroit in the 1940's had a vast appetite for labor. This lead to it being a city in which Afro Americans could be employed. Large numbers began to migrate and to fill the more lowly paid jobs in the auto industry. The book explains the sorts of mechanisms, which governed this process. How employers would discriminate against blacks, to keep them in lowly paid positions and the fights that some unions engaged in to overcome such practices. The book goes on to explain how housing was one of the main ways in which blacks were able to be limited to certain areas. The widespread use of housing covenants permitted blacks to be excluded from more affluent areas. This meant that blacks became concentrated in small areas which subsequently became ghettos. The action of courts and legislatures to overcome the use of discriminatory covenants was opposed violently. The book shows how populist politicians would ply the race card to gain election at the expense of the more principled. How they would exploit the fear of residents about the alleged nexus between Afro Americans and crime. This in turn led to violence being unleashed on those Afro Americans who were able to afford housing in more affluent areas. With the 50's and 60's came the widespread use of automation. The number of jobs in the auto industry began to decline. As the jobs dried up the position of Afro Americans eroded further. As employment fell away the areas they lived in began to run down and become the stereotypical ghettoes, wracked with decay and unemployment. This decay occurred against a background of a society which battled hard to exclude Afro Americans from good housing, employment and the political process. The violence of 1967 was thus hardly a surprise. The book is extremely good. Often books dealing with such subjects can rely on cliché and assertion. This book consists of fact after fact and it is full of tables and maps. It is one of the more interesting studies to come out in years. No wonder it won a prize. Review: Best book out there that explains racial inequality in America and urban plight - I read this book during my undergraduate studies in Sociology in a course that focused in wage labor and racial inequality. The professor that taught this course was amazing, and him recommending this book for our class to read, allowed me to open my eyes to information I already knew, and expand upon the knowledge of racial inequality in America that I did not know, especially of Detroit. I live in metro-Detroit and while I knew about the race riots, and the extreme barriers of racial populations along the 8 mile line, I did not know just how incredibly racist American history has truly been. I'm truly not that surprised. The price desertcart offers for a BRAND new copy is amazing. I rented this book from my college bookstore for $25. It was old and heavily used. I wanted to buy and own this book, and the bookstore was going to charge me an additional $25 to own a heavily used book. I got a newer copy for $15 on here, works out for this college student's wallet. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #225,674 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #82 in Sociology of Urban Areas #548 in Discrimination & Racism #2,171 in U.S. State & Local History | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (222) | | Dimensions | 6 x 1.25 x 8.75 inches | | Edition | Updated | | ISBN-10 | 0691162557 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0691162553 | | Item Weight | 13 ounces | | Language | English | | Part of series | Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives | | Print length | 432 pages | | Publication date | April 27, 2014 | | Publisher | Princeton University Press | ## Images ![The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit - Updated Edition - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81XsLWXH62L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent *by T***O on May 22, 2001* This is quite a remarkable book. It attempts to explain the riots that occurred in Detroit in the late 1967. These riots were racially based and some of the most brutal in America. The book basically is about racism. It describes the history of racism in Detroit between the 1930's and the 1960's. Unlike other books that tend to be anecdotal this book attempts to look at the mechanics of the process and to provide empirical material to illustrate and validate the material in the text. The story of the book is that racism is a complex phenomenon. Detroit in the 1940's had a vast appetite for labor. This lead to it being a city in which Afro Americans could be employed. Large numbers began to migrate and to fill the more lowly paid jobs in the auto industry. The book explains the sorts of mechanisms, which governed this process. How employers would discriminate against blacks, to keep them in lowly paid positions and the fights that some unions engaged in to overcome such practices. The book goes on to explain how housing was one of the main ways in which blacks were able to be limited to certain areas. The widespread use of housing covenants permitted blacks to be excluded from more affluent areas. This meant that blacks became concentrated in small areas which subsequently became ghettos. The action of courts and legislatures to overcome the use of discriminatory covenants was opposed violently. The book shows how populist politicians would ply the race card to gain election at the expense of the more principled. How they would exploit the fear of residents about the alleged nexus between Afro Americans and crime. This in turn led to violence being unleashed on those Afro Americans who were able to afford housing in more affluent areas. With the 50's and 60's came the widespread use of automation. The number of jobs in the auto industry began to decline. As the jobs dried up the position of Afro Americans eroded further. As employment fell away the areas they lived in began to run down and become the stereotypical ghettoes, wracked with decay and unemployment. This decay occurred against a background of a society which battled hard to exclude Afro Americans from good housing, employment and the political process. The violence of 1967 was thus hardly a surprise. The book is extremely good. Often books dealing with such subjects can rely on cliché and assertion. This book consists of fact after fact and it is full of tables and maps. It is one of the more interesting studies to come out in years. No wonder it won a prize. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best book out there that explains racial inequality in America and urban plight *by M***6 on May 2, 2014* I read this book during my undergraduate studies in Sociology in a course that focused in wage labor and racial inequality. The professor that taught this course was amazing, and him recommending this book for our class to read, allowed me to open my eyes to information I already knew, and expand upon the knowledge of racial inequality in America that I did not know, especially of Detroit. I live in metro-Detroit and while I knew about the race riots, and the extreme barriers of racial populations along the 8 mile line, I did not know just how incredibly racist American history has truly been. I'm truly not that surprised. The price Amazon offers for a BRAND new copy is amazing. I rented this book from my college bookstore for $25. It was old and heavily used. I wanted to buy and own this book, and the bookstore was going to charge me an additional $25 to own a heavily used book. I got a newer copy for $15 on here, works out for this college student's wallet. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great information, but... *by J***E on April 4, 2017* It often seemed repetitive and disorganized. If it were not for these minor shortcomings, it would deserve five stars. As stated, the information is terrific, especially for a lifelong Michigander such as myself. It reveals the underlying and fundamental issues that have plagued Detroit for nearly a century. Sugrue does so through the corporate, economic, societal, racial, organizational, religious, and governmental roles. All of his facts and statistics are cited extensively. 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