Black Detroit and the Rise of the UAW Contributor(s): Meier, August (Author), Trotter, Joseph William (Foreword by), Rudwick, Elliott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0472032194 ISBN-13: 9780472032198 Publisher: University of Michigan Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2007 Annotation: "For almost two decades, August Meier and Elliott Rudwick have roamed the frontier of Afro-American history, blazing trails that others have followed. This book forges a solid link between race and class conflict in the twentieth century." ---Ira Berlin, "The Nation"
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Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
Dewey: 331.88 |
LCCN: 2006050130 |
Lexile Measure: 1740 |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.39" W x 8.28" (0.83 lbs) 312 pages |
Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Michigan - Locality - Detroit, Michigan - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
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Publisher Description: For almost two decades, August Meier and Elliott Rudwick have roamed the frontier of Afro-American history, blazing trails that others have followed. This book forges a solid link between race and class conflict in the twentieth century. This fact-filled study is essential to students of the labor and civil rights movements. A fascinating slice of history illustrating important race and class issues that are still with us. By ignoring the conventional lines between labor and black history, Meier and Rudwick have found an unexplored middle ground---the net of relations between the black community and white economic institutions---that shaped the working life of blacks in Detroit's auto plants. This is a major achievement. . . . an important work . . . one of the first to apply the nitty-gritty of social and institutional history to 20th century African American and labor history. Black Detroit and the Rise of the UAW is essential reading for historians of labor and race in America, as well those interested in Detroit's importance as a crucible for American urban history. |