Detroit Divided | 
| Authors: Reynolds Farley, Sheldon Danziger, Harry J. Holzer
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation Publications
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 378749
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.7 x 1
ISBN: 0871542811
Dewey Decimal Number: 307
EAN: 9780871542816
ASIN: 0871542811
Publication Date: September 2002
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Book Description
The passing of Detroit's manufacturing heyday stranded many workers who once earned good union wages. The authors explain why white auto workers adjusted to these new conditions more easily than blacks. With better access to education and suburban home loans, white men migrated into skilled jobs on the city's outskirts, while blacks faced the twin barriers of higher skill demands and hostile suburban neighborhoods. Some blacks have prospered despite this racial divide: a black elite has emerged, and the shift in the city toward municipal and service jobs has allowed black women to approach parity of earnings with white women. But Detroit remains polarized racially, economically, and geographically to a degree seen in few other American cities.
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Couldn't Stop Reading December 23, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Why does this metropolis continue to have the most racially divided composition of the United States? Well, if you find yourself with the same question I reccomend this book. It gives good insight into how metropolitan Detroit became the city it is today and insight into what those of your race and and the other are doing/thinking. If you are curious about the extended population other than the whites/blacks then don't buy this but my money was well spent.
Well-researched, fascinating view of SE Mich April 24, 2004
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Detroit Divided covers many issues well-known to residents of SE Michigan - issues such as racism, the labor market, housing, transportation, etc., always coming back to the question of what factors influence the segregation of the city and its suburbs.
It was published in 2000, and is still quite up-to date, but there is no mention of the influence of recent changes in Detroit's downtown, such as GM, sports stadiums, casinos, and current revitalization projects.
What I really liked about this book was the survey data from the census, and from surveys done by residents in the inner city and the suburbs. I liked finding out about what "We as Detroiters" had to say about these issues, and I found myself agreeing with a lot of the findings because I see them on a daily basis. It is nice to have numbers to back up what are vague mental pictures of what the situation involves.
I learned quite a bit about the area, things I didn't know about our history and about the present. Professionals in urban issues will certainly use this book, but I would also recommend it to the general public and especially to residents in Detroit and SE Mich.
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