PUBPOL 626

PUBPOL 626.001: The History and Future of Detroit

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Level
Graduate
Term
Winter 2019
Days
Monday, Wednesday
Time
8:30-9:50 am EDT
Course Location
1110 WEILL
Course Section
001
U-M Course Number
21072
Credit Hours
1

Class meets: 3/18, 3/20, 3/23 tour of Detroit, 3/27.

Detroit was the nation's most important city in the Twentieth Century because of the the auto industry, the emergence of the blue collar middle class and development of the New Deal. Now it is the most negatively stereotyped city in the nation. The course describes changes in Detroit and emphasizes policy developments in Rust Belt metropolises as they cope with the restructuring of employment.

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