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At its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, Detroit's status as epicenter of the American auto industry made it a vibrant, populous, commercial hub-and then the bottom fell out. Detroit: A Biography takes a long, unflinching look at the evolution of one of America's great cities and o…
"The widespread concept of the 'postmodern city' is frequently linked to the decline of traditional manufacturing industries and a corresponding wane of white working-class culture. In place of these appear flexible working practices, a diversified workforce, and a greater empha…
At once informative and entertaining, inspiring and challenging, this book provides a deep understanding of urban development and change over the past forty years in Los Angeles and other regions of the world. Once the least dense American metropolis, Los Angeles is now the coun…
"The Politics of the Encounter is a spirited interrogation of the city as a site of both theoretical inquiry and global social struggle. The city, writes Andy Merrifield, remains "important, virtually and materially, for progressive politics." And yet, he notes, more than forty …
Chicago''s Southwest Side is one of the last remaining footholds for the city''s white working class, a little-studied and little-understood segment of the American population. This book paints a nuanced and complex portrait of the firefighters, police officers, stay-at-home mot…
