Detroit, I Do Mind Dying: A Study in Urban Revolution
Georgakas, Dan. 2012. Detroit, I Do Mind Dying: A Study in Urban Revolution. Chicago, Ill: Haymarket Books. This chronicle of black labor struggle in the immediate aftermath of the 1967 … Continue reading
Life for us is what we make it : Building Black community in Detroit, 1915-1945
Thomas, Richard Walter. 1992. Life for Us Is What We Make It: Building Black Community in Detroit, 1915-1945. Blacks in the Diaspora. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. At the time this … Continue reading
Grit, Noise, and Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock “N” Roll
Carson, David. 2005. Grit, Noise, and Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock “N” Roll. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. From the mid 1960s until the early 1970s, Detroit’s music … Continue reading
Sketches of the City of Detroit, State of Michigan, Past and Present
Roberts, Robert E. 1855. Sketches of the City of Detroit, State of Michigan, Past and Present, 1855. Detroit: R.F. Johnstone & Co. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/003933568 (October 22, 2014). This chatty 1885 booklet … Continue reading
Old Islam in Detroit: Rediscovering the Muslim American Past
Howell, Sally. 2014. Old Islam in Detroit: Rediscovering the Muslim American Past. New York: Oxford University Press. Immigrant groups of all kinds tend to develop narratives about their sojourns and … Continue reading
Detroit a Biography
Martelle, Scott. 2011. Detroit a Biography. 1st ed. Chicago: Chicago Review Press. http://ezproxy.emich.edu/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/emulibrary/Doc?id=10540433. An essential source for anyone serious about understanding Detroit, this book is organized chronologically, but as its … Continue reading
Detroit: Three Pathways to Revitalization
Solomon, Lewis D. 2014. Detroit: Three Pathways to Revitalization. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. This slim report skips too quickly over the economic and political history of the city and rushes … Continue reading
Detroit’s Wartime Industry: Arsenal of Democracy
Davis, Michael W. R. 2007. Detroit’s Wartime Industry: Arsenal of Democracy. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub. Arcadia Publishing has created a number of “Images” series, including Images of … Continue reading
Southeastern Michigan Bibliography 