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Frommer'sŪ San Antonio & Austinby David Baird
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2007; US$ 16.99A complete guide to two of Texas's most diverse and exciting cities. Shows visitors how to have a great time in San Antonio, a multicultural city with a rich history (the Alamo) and lots of contemporary attractions (including over forty golf courses). more...
Island Folkby Peter Oikarinen
University of Minnesota Press 2008; US$ 16.95The history of a working fishing community comes alive in this collection of stories from the people who made a life on Isle Royale. In Island Folk, candid photographs illuminate the experiences of the unique individuals who chose to live in this beautiful and isolated setting. Recalled memories tell a familiar tale of the transformation of the island from a working fishing village to a national park haven for tourists. more...
A Stronger Kinshipby Anna-Lisa Cox
Little, Brown and Company 2009; US$ 12.99Starting in the 1860s, the people of Covert, Michigan, broke laws and barriers to attempt what then seemed impossible: to love one's neighbor as oneself. This is the inspiring, true story of an extraordinary town where blacks and whites lived as equals. more...
The Origins of the Urban Crisisby Thomas J. Sugrue
Princeton University Press 2005; US$ 29.95Once America's "arsenal of democracy," Detroit over the last fifty years has become the symbol of the American urban crisis. In this reappraisal of racial and economic inequality in modern America, Thomas Sugrue explains how Detroit and many other once prosperous industrial cities have become the sites of persistent racialized poverty. He challenges the conventional wisdom that urban decline is the product of the social programs and racial fissures of the 1960s. Probing beneath the veneer of 1950s prosperity and social consensus, Sugrue traces the rise of a new ghetto, solidified by changes in the urban economy and labor market and by racial and class segregation. In this provocative revision of postwar American history, Sugrue finds cities... more...
The Best Man for the Jobby Harvey Sims
ECW Press 2001; US$ 13.95Exploring the why and the how of civic corruption in a Northern Ontario city, this compelling story begins in the late 1980s, when the official languages policies of Pierre Trudeau, Brian Mulroney, and David Peterson collided with the Sault’s deep-rooted resistance to bilingualism. The man at the center of the uproar over the city's infamous English-only resolution was Mayor Joe Fratesi, whose unwavering support for the resolution made him a wildly popular local hero. Unfortunately for him, it also killed any chance of his being appointed a judge, which sent him looking in other directions for career advancement. In 1995 he spotted another job he wanted, this one under the control of the city council he had dominated for years. He went... more...
Detroitby Joe Darden
Temple University Press 2010; US$ 31.95Examining the genesis of modern Detroit as a hub of wealth and poverty more...
Turning Pointsby Herb Colling
Dundurn Press 2003; US$ 18.95"If racial progress comes from understanding, then knowing history must be a part of it. To that end, Colling's work is a fine contribution and a 'must read.'" - Howard McCurdy, President, Windsor and Detroit Black Coalition The Detroit Riot of 1967 marked a turning point in the attitudes and behaviour of people in all walks of life in the Border Cities. As the citizens of Windsor watched their nearest neighbour burn, the way they felt about Detroit changed radically. Perceptions of race relations, of the city across the river, and indeed of themselves, were altered in ways many had not thought possible. For the City of Detroit, the riots created an irrevocable change. Throughout its history the city has struggled with concerns of labour,... more...
Michiganby Johannah Haney; Richard Hantula
Marshall Cavendish 2012; US$ 31.36This series helps young readers identify the commonalities and uniqueness of the individual states across America. more...
Immigrationby Harriet Isecke
Shell Education 2009; US$ 7.99Follow the struggles, hardships, and tragedies of two immigrant familiesan Italian Catholic family and a Russian Jewish family from their arrival at Ellis Island in 1914 until they become United States citizens five years later. more...









