| Devil's Night: And Other True Tales of Detroit Contributor(s): Chafets, Ze'ev (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804171408 ISBN-13: 9780804171403 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 977.434 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.40 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Michigan - Cultural Region - Great Lakes |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A New York Times Notable Book On Devil's Night, the night before Halloween, some citizens of Detroit try to burn down their neighborhoods for an international audience of fire buffs. This gripping and often heartbreaking tour of the "Murder Capital of America" often seems lit by those same fires. But as a native Detroiter, Ze'ev Chafets also shows us the city beneath the crime statistics--its ecstatic storefront churches; its fearful and embittered white suburbs; its cops and criminals; and the new breed of black officials who are determined to keep Detroit running in the midst of appalling dangers and indifference. |
