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Coverage: Detroit Publisher: Wayne State University Press Subject: Labor unions--Michigan--Detroit--History Subject: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations Subject: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations Content Type: WSUebook Content Type: WSUebook Content Type: WSUebook-
Working detroit: the making of a union town
Babson recounts Detroit's odyssey from a bulwark of the "open shop" to the nation's foremost "union town." Through words and pictures, Working Detroit documents the events in the city's ongoing struggle to build an industrial society that is both prosperous and humane.
Babson begins his account in 1848 when Detroit has just entered the industrial era. He weaves the broader historical realties, such as Red Scare, World War, and economic depression into his account, tracing the ebb and flow …