Metropolitan Jews - Politics, Race, and Religion in Postwar Detroit

Taking its cue from social critics and historians who have long looked toward Detroit to understand twentieth-century urban transformations, the author tells the story of Jews leaving the city while retaining a deep connection to it. He argues convincingly that though most Jews moved to the suburbs, urban abandonment, disinvestment, and more. Zusammenfassung Taking its cue from social critics and historians who have long looked toward Detroit to understand twentieth-century urban transformations! the author tells the story of Jews leaving the city while retaining a deep connection to it. He argues convincingly that though most Jews moved to the suburbs! urban abandonment! disinvestment! and more.

Product details

• Authors: Lila Corwin Berman
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.05.2015
• EAN: 9780226247830
• ISBN: 978-0-226-24783-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban Am; Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban America (CHUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Michigan, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, History of the Americas, Relating to Jewish people and groups, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Social groups: religious groups and communities