A Detroit story : urban decline and the rise of property informality / Claire W. Herbert.
Publisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]Copyright date: 2021Description: 1 online resource (316 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resource001: EBC6471671ISBN: 9780520974487 (e-book)Subject(s): Detroit (Mich.) -- Economic conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Detroit story : urban decline and the rise of property informality.DDC classification: 306.0977434 LOC classification: HC108.D6 | .H473 2021Online resources: Click to View| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Bringing to the fore a wealth of original research, A Detroit Story examines how the informal reclamation of abandoned property has been shaping Detroit for decades. Claire Herbert lived in the city for almost five years to get a ground-view sense of how this process molds urban areas. She participated in community meetings and tax foreclosure protests, interviewed various groups, followed scrappers through abandoned buildings, and visited squatted houses and gardens. Herbert found that new residents with more privilege often have their back-to-the-earth practices formalized by local policies, whereas longtime, more disempowered residents, usually representing communities of color, have their practices labeled as illegal and illegitimate. She teases out how these divergent treatments reproduce long-standing inequalities in race, class, and property ownership.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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