Detroit
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Detroit: City of Champions
By David Lee PorembaBy 1955, Jack Adams was calling Gordie Howe the “greatest” as Gordie set NHL scoring marks and began chasing the top men in goals, Nelson Stewart and Maurice “Rocket” Richard. Stewart played from the 1920s through the 1940 season, ...
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Detroit: A Play
By Lisa D'AmourDetroit was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2011 Susan Smith Blackburn prize. In 2008, D'Amour was awarded the Alpert Award in the Arts in theater. As a playwright, Lisa has received fellowships from the Jerome ...
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Detroit: Ragtime and the Jazz Age
By Jon Milan"Detroit boasts a rich musical history. In this collection of vintage-photograph postcards, Jon Milan explores the city's ragtime and jazz age past"--Back cover card.
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Detroit: Race Riots, Racial Conflicts, and Efforts to Bridge the Racial Divide
By Joe T. Darden, Richard W. ThomasGoering, J., and J. Feins, eds. 2003. Choosing a Better Life: Evaluating the Moving to ... Hahn, H. 1970. "Black Separatists: Attitudes and Objectives in a Riot-Torn Ghetto.” Journal of Black Studies 1, 35—53. Hanlon, B. 2009.
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Detroit: 1930-1969
By David Lee PorembaThe City of Detroit was no exception as industry laid off workers and bread lines formed across the city.
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Detroit: City of Industry
By David Lee PorembaThis book examines Detroit's development from the 1860s through the 1890s, and its evolution into a leading industrial center of the Midwest.
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Detroit: A Motor City History
By David Lee PorembaOn July 24, 1701, Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac stood in the heart of the wilderness on a bluff overlooking the Detroit River and claimed this frontier in the name of Louis XIV; thus began the story of Detroit, a city marked by pioneering ...
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Detroit: City of Champions
By David Lee PorembaDetroit sports teams have given the city a unique identity and provided the means to gain both a sense of community pride and a unity of spirit.
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Detroit: 1860-1899
By David Lee PorembaWith over 230 photographs, Detroit 1860-1899 encompasses a visual history of the city before the birth of the automobile industry. Join Mr. Poremba on a trip down memory lane to the beginnings of the "Motor City.
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Detroit: A Motor City History
By David Lee PorembaCHAPTER THIRTEEN 1 Bozich, Stanley J. Michigan's Own: The Medal of Honor. p. 137. CHAPTER FOURTEEN 1 Poremba, David Lee. Detroit in Its World Setting. p. 59. 2 Holli, Melvin, G. Detroit. p. 161. CHAPTER FIFTEEN 1 Poremba, David Lee.
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Detroit: City of Race and Class Violence
By B. J. WidickHorace L. Sheffield , Jr. FOR MANY of us who spent a lifetime of activity and struggle in Detroit , the reissue and updating of B. J. Widick's provocative book highlighting the city's history of race and class violence will ...
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Detroit: Three Pathways to Revitalization
By Lewis D. SolomonThe book is divided into four distinct parts. The first provides background and context, with a brief overview of the city's numerous challenges. The second examines Detroit's immediate efforts to overcome its fiscal crisis.
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Detroit: An American Autopsy
By Charlie LeDuffHaving led us on the way up, Detroit now seems to be leading us on the way down. Once the richest city in America, Detroit is now the nation’s poorest.
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Detroit: A Biography
By Scott MartelleThis updated paperback edition includes recent developments under Michigan’s Emergency Manager law. And it raises the question: when we look at modern-day Detroit, are we looking at the ghost of America’s industrial past or its future?
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Detroit: From Boom to Bust and Back Again
By in60LearningThis is rock bottom, but this brief history shows how many individuals are treating that as a solid foundation on which to build the city's future.
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Detroit: A Biography
By Scott MartelleExplains the history of Detroit from its beginnings as a French outpost, to its status as a major industrial city in the mid-20th century, to its recent economic collapse.
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Detroit: A Play
By Lisa D'AmourDetroit is a fresh, offbeat look at what happens when we dare to open ourselves up to something new.
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Detroit: 1900-1930
By Richard BakThis volume highlights the wave of immigration that occurred here at the turn of the century, when roughly half of the city's population hailed from other countries.
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Detroit: Unbroken Down
By Sharon Zukin, Dawoud Bey, Dave JordanoDave Jordano returned to his hometown of Detroit to document the people who still live in what has become one of the country's most economically challenging cities.
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Detroit: Race and Uneven Development
By Joe DardenExamining the genesis of modern Detroit as a hub of wealth and poverty.