detroit case study Flashcards
how is Detroits location good for trade
located next to bodies of water
Ambassador bridge has 8000 trucks pass over it every day
when did industrialisation occur in detroit
1900-1950s
where is detroit located and what are the case study areas
southeastern in the state of Michigan
downtown
new center
MID town
where did Detroit get its nickname ‘motor city’ from?
Henry Ford - mechanised production of cars, had good infrastructure in place, paid fair wages
created population increase OVER 1.5 MILLION IN ’30s
mainly black Americans escaping Jim Crowe south
were producing weapons, warplanes
what caused Ford’s downfall?
ww2 contracts dried up
competition from other businesses
what is devils night
annual event, lots of crime, worst one was 1984, over 800 properties burnt
describe the race riots
1967 - police raided after hour social club, led to 5 day riots, 7000 arrested, underlying social + racial tension
what was Detroits population loss since the 1950s?
60%
what was white flight?
exodus, white working class moved to suburbs, 80,000 left in 1968
left wealth gap between races, detroit lost tax revenue and businesses owned by white people
what happened in 2008
recession - house market crashed, could buy a house for ONE dollar
who are the winners and losers of the Detroit regeneration
winners - wealthy outsiders who can afford new house prices
losers - insiders, low socio-economic black people
give 2 insiders to detroit
police officer Kerry - was ‘paradise’ now ‘ghost town’
mama shu - transforming blighted houses
what did ford practically invent
industrial capitalism
why was ww2 good for gaining war contracts - what had happened in the years before
great depression in 1930s where automobile sales fell
what are the demographics of metro detroit and detroit city
metro detroit = 96% white
detroit city = 83% black
