The myth of the motor city: urban politics, public policy, and the suburbanization of Detroit's automobile industry, 1878-1937

This dissertation locates the origins of Detroit's urban decline in the second and third decades of the twentieth century, when many of the city's leading automobile manufacturers and wealthier residents relocated to the city's suburbs and resisted incorporation into the city of Detro...

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Main Author: Hall, Jacob Dean
Other Authors: Stromquist, Shelton, 1943-
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2013
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2219
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6869&context=etd