The Detroit Riot of 1967

by Hubert G. Locke

Book Overview

During the last days of July 1967, Detroit experienced a week of devastating urban collapse-one of the worst civil disorders in twentieth-century America. Forty-three people were killed, over $50 million in property was destroyed, and the city itself was left in a state of panic and confusion, the scars of which are still present today. Now for the first time in paperback and with a new reflective essay that examines the events a half-century later,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814343775
• ISBN13: 9780814343777
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"