City of Dispossessions: Indigenous Peoples, African Americans, and the Creation of Modern Detroit
Kyle T. Mays, "City of Dispossessions: Indigenous Peoples, African Americans, and the Creation of Modern Detroit "
English | ISBN: 0812253930 | 2022 | 264 pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 0812253930 | 2022 | 264 pages | PDF | 2 MB
In July 2013, Detroit became the largest city in U.S. history to declare bankruptcy. The underlying causes were decades of deindustrialization, white flight, and financial mismanagement. More recently it has been heralded a comeback city as wealthy white residents resettle there. Yet, as Kyle T. Mays argues, we cannot understand the current state of Detroit without also understanding the longer history of Native American and African American dispossession that has defined the city since its founding.
How has dispossession impacted the development of modern U.S. cities? And how does comparing the historical experiences of Native Americans and African Americans in an urban context help us comprehend histories of race, sovereignty, and colonialism? Using archives, oral and family histories, and community documents,
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