Beyond the Wasteland: A Report from Detroit

Bruce Pietrykowski

Chapter Chapter 11 in Consequences of Economic Downturn, 2011, pp 215-237 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The current economic crisis has jolted industrial towns throughout the United States. The media quickly descended on Detroit, Michigan, in order to paint a portrait of an industry in crisis and a city that continues to be ravaged by industrial decline. A sampling of news headlines captures the media representation of Detroit: “Dead End in Detroit” “Blue-Collar Workers Hanging on by Thread” “Motown Blues: What Next for Detroit?” “Detroit is Facing Scary New Normality” “America’s Slow Ground Zero: Detroit, Urban Ghettos and Terrifying Unemployment”1

Keywords: Urban Agriculture; Food Assistance; Auto Industry; Location Quotient; Food Desert (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230118355_11

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