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- Detroit was referred to by some as the Paris of the West for its architecture, and for Washington Boulevard, recently electrified by Thomas Edison. Throughout the 20th century, various skyscrapers were built centered on Detroit's downtown. Following World War II, the auto industry boomed and suburban expansion took place.
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- Penobscot Building and State Savings Bank, Fort and Shelby Streets, Detroit, 1907. Upvote Downvote.
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- The Rise of Detroit: Industrialisation from The 1900s to The 1950s
- The Decline of Detroit
- Lessons from Detroit
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In its hey day, Detroit represents one of the most successful case studies in Industrialization in world history. The case of Detroit helps us to understand why Modernization Theorists in the 1940s and 50s were so keen on exporting Capitalist-Industrialization as a model of development for other countries: basically industrialization brought about ...
Beneath the gloss of mass consumption Detroit always hid inequalities. On July 23 1967 police busted an illegal after-hours salon in a black neighbourhood. 85 people were arrested and tempers rose between the detainees and the officers. A five day riot ensued which was quashed by 17000 police, national guard and troops resulting in over 7000 arrest...
Detroit is important because it is a signal case for what is happening in many industrialized countries around the world – across the rust belt in America and mirrored in Southern European countries and northern England as well. It reminds us that impoverishment is not just limited to the global south.
The decline of Detroit is a useful case study which indicates the decline of Modernity (for example with Fordism dyeing out) and the move to Postmodernity. Detroit is very much a casualty in shift to postmodernisation. To return to the homepage – revisesociology.com Sources: Modified from Andrew Brooks (2017) The End of Development (I’d classify th...
Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists. It is the first European settlement above tidewater in North America. [1] Founded as a New France fur trading post, it began to expand during the 19th century with U.S. settlement around the Great Lakes.
Jan 8, 2015 · Detroit becomes a chartered city, covering about 20 acres. It is incorporated as a city of Michigan territory in 1806, unincorporated in 1809, then reincorporated in 1815, this time for good.
Detroit’s first race riot occurs after Detroit’s black citizens help the Blackburns, a fugitive slave couple, escape to Canada. This event starts the anti-slavery movement in Detroit. 1834: A second cholera epidemic kills 600 Detroiters, nearly 1/8th of the city's population.
Sep 19, 2015 · MICHIGAN HISTORY. The rise of Detroit: The early years. A worker rides a girder on the Ford Building, a 19-story office tower at 615 Griswold in the Detroit financial district. The 18-story...
Apr 5, 2016 · From the dust and smoke of the nineteenth century, Detroit burst into the national spotlight in the early twentieth century. The automobile business was at full throttle, resulting in a city that grew faster than any other on the continent.
