Violence in the Model City
by Fine, SidneyFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-07-01
Publisher(s): Michigan State Univ Pr
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Summary
On July 23, 1967, the Detroit police raided a blind pig (after-hours drinking establishment) touching off the most destructive urban riot of the 1960s. It took the U.S. Army, the Michigan National Guard, the state police, and the Detroit police department-17,000 men-more than a week to restore order. When all was done, the riot had claimed 43 lives (mostly black) and resulted in nearly 700 injuries. Over 7,000 individuals were arrested, with property damage estimates over $75 million. Yet, Detroit had been lauded nationally as a "model city" in the governance of a large industrial metropolis. On the 40th anniversary of this nation-changing event, we are pleased to reissue Sidney Fine's seminal work-a detail study of what happened, why, and with what consequences.
Author Biography
Sydney Fine is Emeritus Professor of History at University of Michigan
Table of Contents
| "Phooie on Louie" | p. 1 |
| The Model City | p. 17 |
| The "Divided City" | p. 39 |
| Detroit's War on Poverty | p. 71 |
| "The Single Most Important Problem": Police-Community Relations | p. 95 |
| "The Riot That Didn't Happen" | p. 127 |
| "A Little Trouble on Twelfth Street": July 23, 1967 | p. 155 |
| "They Have Lost All Control in Detroit": July 24, 1967 | p. 193 |
| "Law and Order Have Been Restored to Detroit": July 25-August 2, 1967 | p. 219 |
| Rioters and Judges | p. 249 |
| "A Night of Horror and Murder" | p. 271 |
| "The Worst Civil Disorder" | p. 291 |
| "A Rough Community Division of Labor" | p. 303 |
| Rioters, Counterrioters, and the Noninvolved | p. 325 |
| The Meaning of Violence | p. 351 |
| The Polarized Community | p. 369 |
| The Law Enforcement Response | p. 387 |
| The Ameliorative Response | p. 425 |
| "God Help Our City" | p. 453 |
| Abbreviations | p. 465 |
| Notes | p. 467 |
| Bibliography | p. 607 |
| Index | p. 623 |
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