Detroit Images: Photographs of the Renaissance City

by John J. Bukowczyk, Douglas Aikenhead, Peter Slavcheff

Detroit has become the nation's symbol of the industrial city in crisis, a synonym for failed public policy and a metaphor for the Rustbelt. This collection of some 200 unsentimental b&w photos by 14 photographers forces contemplation. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

278 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1989

About the author

Professor Bukowczyk is a specialist in American immigration and ethnic history and urban history. His work focuses on the construction, maintenance, and transformation of personal, civic, and ethnic identities; urban and regional economic development; urban ethnic, race, and class relations; and the relationship between group rights and social justice. His scholarship engages large questions about citizenship and society: What is an American? What is America? What should it be?