Detroit: 1930-1969 (Images of America: Michigan) | 
| Author: David Lee Poremba
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 128
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0738501506
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN: 9780738501505
ASIN: 0738501506
Publication Date: August 14, 1999
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Product Description
As the roaring twenties came to an end and a new decade dawned, the United States found itself locked in the grips of the Great Depression. The City of Detroit was no exception as industry laid off workers and bread lines formed across the city. Detroit Mayor Frank Murphy let the country in supporting state and federal welfare programs to help people through the economic crisis. By the middle of the 1930s, Detroit began picking itself up out of the economic mud and was soon flexing its industrial muscle as manufacturing, led by the auto industry, put the Motor City back into shape. As the decade ended and war approached, the city was ready to take its place on the world stage. The country reeled from the shock of the attack on Pearl Harbor and had to shift its industrial might from civilian use to the war effort. Nowhere was that more evident than in Detroit. Its huge manufacturing capabilities, when turned to the making of the implements of war, earned the city a new nickname. The Motor City became to the Arsenal of Democracy and began to evolve once more. The influx of workers from the Deep South to the war industry added yet another facet to the city's society and culture. As the Second World War came to a close and production re-tooled for the return to civilian life, an economic boom swept through Detroit. The city celebrated its 25oth birthday in 1951, prompting an outpouring of funds to build with. Major additions were made to the Art Institute, the Detroit Historical Museum, and the riverfront.
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I bought this book for a family reunion..... May 7, 2007
I bought this book and 'Cruising Woodward Avenue' as conversation starters in case things got too quiet at our first family reunion. We ended up not needing them for that purpose, but they still were fun to look and reminisce....
A wistful reminder for some of us... September 17, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A graphic reminder of the vibrancy and prosperity in a Detroit that was another era.
Our city of Detroit was vibrant and alive at one time....... August 30, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Nostalgic trip back in time to a Detroit in its better days. Book is full of pictures of this city which will interest you every time you review its pages!!!
Detroit Remembered August 1, 2001
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Greatly enjoyed reading this book, which includes many fascinating and rare photographs of Detroit during forty dramatic years. The writing about the city is informative and evocative and filled with local color. One only wishes that that it was even more comprehensive. Much could be said about Detroit in these years, about the automobile industry that made the city world renowned, its captains of industry and labor, its institutions, remarkable churches, theaters, famous restaurants, schools, museums and its many diverse cultures and neighborhods. Still, this is a delightful and valuable introduction to a great city, which I will treasure and refer to time and again.
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