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City of dispossessions : indigenous peoples, African Americans, and the creation of modern Detroit

Title
City of dispossessions : indigenous peoples, African Americans, and the creation of modern Detroit / Kyle T. Mays.
Author
Mays, Kyle T., 1987-
Publication
  • Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
  • ©2022

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Description
ix, 223 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm.
Summary
"City of Dispossessions argues that the dispossession of African Americans and Native Americans explains the development of modern US cities, including Detroit. By comparing Black and Indigenous experiences, we gain a better understanding of the histories of race-relations, settler colonialism, and urban development"--
Series Statement
Politics and culture in modern America
Subject
  • Indigenous peoples > Michigan > Detroit > History
  • Indians of North America > Michigan > Detroit > History
  • African Americans > Michigan > Detroit > History
  • Indigenous peoples > Michigan > Detroit > Social conditions
  • Indians of North America > Michigan > Detroit > Social conditions
  • African Americans > Michigan > Detroit > Social conditions
  • Settler colonialism > Michigan > Detroit
  • African Americans
  • African Americans > Social conditions
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America > Social conditions
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Indigenous peoples > Social conditions
  • Race relations
  • Settler colonialism
  • Detroit (Mich.) > Race relations > History
  • Detroit (Mich.) > History
  • Michigan > Detroit
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
Sc E 22-1440
ISBN
  • 9780812253931
  • 0812253930
LCCN
2021039333
OCLC
1259047626
Author
Mays, Kyle T., 1987- author.
Title
City of dispossessions : indigenous peoples, African Americans, and the creation of modern Detroit / Kyle T. Mays.
Publisher
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Politics and culture in modern America
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 22-1440
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