Driving Detroit : the quest for respect in Motor City

Preface Prologue. Two Daughters of Detroit 1. Riding on the Freeway: A Riff on the Place Called Motown 2. Sculpting Detroit: Polity and Economy Trump Geology 3. From Fort to Ford to ... ? 4. From Old World to Old South and Old Testament 5. Who Will Feast on the Fruits of Labor? 6. Turf Wars 7. Wrestling for Pieces of the Proletarian Pie 8. Feasting on Fear 9. The Dynamics of Decay, Abandonment, and Bankruptcy 10. What Drives Detroiters? 11. From Motown to Mortropolis Epilogue. Two Daughters of Detroit Revisited Selected References Index Ac knowledgments