What Doomed Detroit
Many cities have struggled with the decline of key industries, from Philadelphia's shipyards to New York's textile industry, but Detroit-which is now in bankruptcy-is both a victim of the decline of the Michigan automobile industry and a cause of it. A city with a history of civil disorder-it is the only American city occupied on three separate occasions by federal troops-its poisonous blend of race-based politics and union domination has left it impoverished and diminished. Once the fourth-largest city in the country, it is today smaller than Fort Worth. Once the nation's most prosperous city, it is today the poorest. Even in its reduced sta…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-59403-747-4
- EAN: 9781594037474
- Produktnummer: 22220220
- Verlag: Encounter Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 40 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'753 KB
Über den Autor
Kevin D. Williamson is an editor at National Review, the author of the forthcoming The End of Politics (And What Comes Next), and a columnist for The New Criterion. He began his journalism career at the Bombay-based Indian Express Newspaper Group and has worked as a reporter, columnist, and editor at a variety of newspapers. He directed the journalism program at the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University.
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