Fitzgerald : geography of a revolution / / William Bunge ; with a foreword by Nik Heynen and Trevor Barnes

• Autore: Bunge William <1928->
• Pubblicazione: Athens, Georgia : , : University of Georgia Press, , 2011
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.896/073077434
• Soggetto topico: African Americans - Michigan - Detroit - History; African Americans - Michigan - Detroit - Social conditions; Inner cities - Michigan - Detroit - History; Human geography - Michigan - Detroit - History; Social change - Michigan - Detroit - History; Social justice - Michigan - Detroit - History
• Soggetto geografico: Fitzgerald (Detroit, Mich.) Race relations; Detroit (Mich.) Race relations; Fitzgerald (Detroit, Mich.) Geography; Detroit (Mich.) Geography
• Altri autori: HeynenNik <1973-> BarnesTrevor
• Note generali: Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Schenkman Pub. Co., 1971.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: section 1. The certain past -- Pioneers : colored and white -- The farms prosper -- Detroit envelops Fitzgerald -- section 2. The crucial present -- Races meet -- Races mix -- Races separate -- Slums move closer -- Fitzgerald plans -- Institutions respond -- Education strains -- section 3. The uncertain future -- Youth fights back -- Defeat or victory? -- Appendix.
• Sommario/riassunto: This on-the-ground study of one square mile in Detroit was written in collaboration with neighborhood residents, many of whom were involved with the famous Detroit Geographical Expedition and Institute. Fitzgerald, at its core, is dedicated to understanding global phenomena through the intensive study of a small, local place. Beginning with an 1816 encounter between the Ojibwa population and the neighborhood's first surveyor, William Bunge examines the racialized imposition of local landscapes over the course of European American settlement. Historical events are firmly situated in space-a task Bunge accomplishes through liberal use of maps and frequent references to recognizable twentieth-century landmarks. More than a work of historical geography, Fitzgerald is a political intervention. By 1967 the neighborhood was mostly African American; Black Power was ascendant; and Detroit would experience a major riot. Immersed in the daily life of the area, Bunge encouraged residents to tell their stories and to think about local politics in spatial terms. His desire to undertake a different sort of geography led him to create a work that was nothing like a typical work of social science. The jumble of text, maps, and images makes it a particularly urgent book-a major theoretical contribution to urban geography that is also a startling evocation of street-level Detroit during a turbulent era. A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication
• Titolo autorizzato: Fitzgerald
• ISBN: 9786613586933; 9780820364995; 0820364991; 9781280491702; 1280491701; 9780820339740; 0820339741
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910960100103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Geographies of justice and social transformation ; ; 8.