Sin City North: Sex, Drugs, and Citizenship in the Detroit-Windsor Borderland

by Holly M. Karibo

Book Overview

The early decades of the twentieth century sparked the Detroit-Windsor region's ascendancy as the busiest crossing point between Canada and the United States, setting the stage for socioeconomic developments that would link the border cities for years to come. As Holly M. Karibo shows, this border fostered the emergence of illegal industries alongside legal trade, rapid industrial development, and tourism. Tracing the growth of the two cities' cross-border...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469625202
• ISBN13: 9781469625201
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"