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Overview""Thomas's ground-breaking study should occupy a central place in the literature of American urban history."" —Choice "" . . . path-breaking . . . a fine community study . . . "" —Journal of American Studies ""Thomas's work is essential reading . . . succeeds in providing a bridge of information on the social, political, legal, and economic development of the Detroit black community between the turn of the century and 1945."" —Michigan Historical Review The black community in Detroit developed into one of the major centers of black progress. Richard Thomas traces the building of this community from its roots in the 19th century, through the key period 1915-1945, by focusing on how industrial workers, ministers, politicians, business leaders, youth, and community activists contributed to the process. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard W. ThomasPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.821kg ISBN: 9780253359902ISBN 10: 0253359902 Pages: 388 Publication Date: 22 August 1992 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments One Early Struggles and Community Building Two The Demand for Black Labor, Migration, and the Emerging Black Industrial Working Class, 1915-1930 Three The Role of the Detroit Urban League in the Community Building Process, 1916-1945 Fourt Weathering the Storm Five Racial Discrimination in Industrial Detroit: Preparing the Ground for Community Social Consciousness Six Social Consciousness and Self-Helf: The Heart and Soul of Community Building Seven Protest and Politics: Emerging Forms of Community Empowerment Eight Conflicting Strategies of Black Community Building: Unionization vs. Ford Corporate Paternalism, 1936-1941 Epilogue Notes Sources IndexReviews<p>Patterned after Gilbert Osofsky's Harlem, the Making of A Ghetto (CH, Oct'66), older African American histories focused on the process of ghettoization. Joining newer works, e.g., Joe William Trotter's Black Milwaukee (CH, Jul'85), Thomas's book emphasizes the process of community building, led by the emerging African American industrial working class and domestic servants. In the period between the world wars, schools, hospitals, newspapers, self--help organizations, and a sense of place developed in black Detroit. The Detroit Urban League, the NAACP, The Booker T. Washington Trade Association, and the Housewives League of Detroit all played integral roles in this process. Progress was not without its problems, however; crime, poverty, and despair remained constants. Frequently, skilled African American workers were denied jobs, even in critical defense industries. During this period, African Americans demonstrated their newfound strength by challenging the racist system, first by breaking with the Republican party, and then by turning from the paternalistic support of Henry Ford and joiningg the UAW. Taken with earlier works like Thomas Philpott's The Slum and the Ghetto (CH, Sep'78) Thomas's ground-breaking study should occupy a central place in the literature of American urban history. Advanced undergraduates; graduate; faculty.D. R./P>--D. R. Jamieson, Ashland University Choice (01/01/1993) <p>Patterned after Gilbert Osofsky's Harlem, the Making of A Ghetto (CH, Oct'66), older African American histories focused on the process of ghettoization.Joining newer works, e.g., Joe William Trotter's Black Milwaukee (CH, Jul'85), Thomas's book emphasizes the process of community building, led by the emergingAfrican American industrial working class and domestic servants. In the periodbetween the world wars, schools, hospitals, newspapers, self -- help organizations, and a sense of place developed in black Detroit. The Detroit Urban League, theNAACP, The Booker T. Washington Trade Association, and the Housewives League ofDetroit all played integral roles in this process. Progress was not without itsproblems, however; crime, poverty, and despair remained constants. Frequently, skilled African American workers were denied jobs, even in critical defenseindustries. During this period, African Americans demonstrated their newfoundstrength by challenging the racist system, first by breaki Patterned after Gilbert Osofsky's Harlem, the Making of A Ghetto (CH, Oct'66), older African American histories focused on the process of ghettoization. Joining newer works, e.g., Joe William Trotter's Black Milwaukee (CH, Jul'85), Thomas's book emphasizes the process of community building, led by the emerging African American industrial working class and domestic servants. In the period between the world wars, schools, hospitals, newspapers, self-help organizations, and a sense of place developed in black Detroit. The Detroit Urban League, the NAACP, The Booker T. Washington Trade Association, and the Housewives League of Detroit all played integral roles in this process. Progress was not without its problems, however; crime, poverty, and despair remained constants. Frequently, skilled African American workers were denied jobs, even in critical defense industries. During this period, African Americans demonstrated their newfound strength by challenging the racist system, first by breaking with the Republican party, and then by turning from the paternalistic support of Henry Ford and joiningg the UAW. Taken with earlier works like Thomas Philpott's The Slum and the Ghetto (CH, Sep'78) Thomas's ground-breaking study should occupy a central place in the literature of American urban history. Advanced undergraduates; graduate; faculty. -- D. R. Jamieson]]>, <
