Detroit
Basics
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In the Library: Articles
Wypijewski, Joann. "Revolutionary Detroit," New Left Review 234 (1999).
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Bush, Rod (ed.) The New Black Vote: Politics & Power in Four American Cities (San Francisco: Synthesis, 1984).
Eisinger, Peter K. The Politics of Displacement: Racial & Ethnic Transition in Three American Cities (NY: Academic, 1980).
Georgakas, Dan & Marvin Surkin. Detroit: I Do Mind Dying [1975] (Cambridge MA: South End, 1998).
Nowak, Margaret Collingwood. Two Who Were There: A Biography of Stanley Nowak (Detroit: Wayne State U., 1989).
Pienkos, Angela T. (ed.) Ethnic Politics in Urban America: The Polish Experience in Four Cities (Chicago: Polish American Historical Association, 1978).
Rich, Wilbur C. Coleman Young & Detroit Politics: From Social Activist to Power Broker (Detroit: Wayne State U., 1989).
__________. Black Mayors & School Politics: The Failure of Reform in Detroit, Gary & Newark (NY: Garland, 1996).
Sugrue, Thomas. The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race & Inequality in Post-War Detroit (Princeton: Princeton, 1997).
Thompson, Heather Ann. Whose Detroit?: Politics, Labor & Race in a Modern American City (Ithaca: Cornell, 2001).
Watson, Susan. Susan Watson (Detroit: Free Press, 1990). Collected newspaper columns.
Widick, B.J. Detroit: City of Race & Class Violence [1972] (rev. ed.; Detroit: Wayne State U., 1989).
Wood, Arthur Evans. Hamtramck, Then & Now: A Sociological Study of a Polish-American Community (NY: Bookman, 1955).
Young, Coleman. Hard Stuff: The Autobiography of Coleman Young (NY: Viking, 1994).
In the Library: Fiction
Anthony, Sterling. Cookie Cutter (NY: Ballantine, 1999).
Apple, Max. Zip: A Novel of the Left & the Right (NY: Viking, 1978).
Arnow, Harriet. The Dollmaker (NY: Macmillan, 1954).
Burgess, Barbara Hood. The Fred Field (NY: Delacorte, 1994).
Burton, Rainelle. The Root Worker (Woodstock NY: Overlook, 2001).
Coughlin, William J. Death Penalty: A Novel (NY: HarperCollins, 1992).
Daniels, Jim. Detroit Tales (East Lansing: Michigan State U., 2003).
Dobyns, Stephen. The House on Alexandrine (Detroit: Wayne State, 1990.
Estleman, Loren D. Motor City Blue (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980).
__________. Angel Eyes (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981).
__________. The Midnight Man (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982).
__________. The Glass Highway (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983).
__________. Sugartown (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984).
__________. Every Brilliant Eye (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986).
__________. Lady Yesterday (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987).
__________. General Murders (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988).
__________. Downriver (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988).
__________. Silent Thunder (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989).
__________. Sweet Women Lie (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990).
__________. Motown (NY: Bantam, 1991).
__________. King of the Corner (NY: Bantam, 1992).
__________. Edsel: A Novel of Detroit (NY: Mysterious, 1995).
__________. The Witchfinder (NY: Mysterious, 1998).
__________. The Hours of the Virgin (NY: Mysterious, 1999).
__________. Sinister Heights (NY: Mysterious, 2002).
Eugenides, Jeffrey. The Virgin Suicides (NY: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 1993).
__________. Middlesex (NY: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 2002).
Goines, Donald. Kenyatta's Escape (LA: Holloway House, 1974).
__________. Black Gangster (LA: Holloway House, 1995).
__________. Daddy Cool (NY: Norton, 1997).
Hardwick, Gary. Cold Medina (NY: Dutton, 1996).
__________. Double Dead (NY: Dutton, 1997).
__________. Color of Justice: A Novel of Suspense (NY: Morrow, 2002).
Leonard, Elmore. Pagan Babies (NY: Delacorte, 2000).
McMillan, Rosalyn. Knowing (NY: Warner, 1996).
__________. Blue Collar Blues (NY: Warner, 1998).
__________. The Flip Side of Sin (NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000).
McMillan, Terry. Mama (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987).
Morris, Bill. Motor City (NY: Washington Square, 1992). Detroit, the snazzy new Buick, & America in the 50s.
Nern, Daniel D. Black as Night (Boston: Beacon, 1958).
Oates, Joyce Carol. Them (NY: Vanguard, 1969).
__________. The Rise of Life on Earth (NY: New Directions, 1991).
Piercy, Marge. Braided Lives: A Novel [1982] (NY: Ballantine, 1997).
Rauth, Leslie. Pears on a Willow Tree (NY: Bard, 1998).
Scott, Kesho; Cherry Muhanji & Egyirba High. Tight Spaces [stories] (Iowa City: U. Iowa, 1999).
Slezak, Ellen. Last Year's Jesus: A Novella & Nine Stories (NY: Theia, 2002).
Verdelle, A.J. The Good Negress (Chapel Hill NC: Algonquin, 1995).
Zadoorian, Michael. Second Hand (NY: Norton, 2000).
In the Library: For Young Readers