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The Detroit Model: Manufacturing American Men and Women in the Industrial City - Couverture souple

Greer Golda, Nicole

 
9781469695242: The Detroit Model: Manufacturing American Men and Women in the Industrial City
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1469695243 ISBN 13 : 9781469695242
Editeur : The University of North Carolina Press, 2026

Synopsis

As Detroit reached dizzying new heights of industrial success and urban growth at the turn of the twentieth century, hundreds of thousands of migrants flocked to the Motor City. In response, organizations such as the YMCA launched wide-reaching Americanization programs to instill patriotism, conservative gender roles, traditional family values, and industry-favorable labor relations in the city’s immigrant communities. As the “Ford Man” became a model for masculinity and the housewife for femininity, supporters of these programs believed Detroit could become a model for the nation. In this impressively researched book, Nicole Greer Golda reveals how the Detroit Model became embedded in American culture and forged the ideal of proper American citizenship.

Delving into Immigration Bureau files, migrant letters, and unexplored Ford Motor Company records, Greer Golda examines debates over family order, sexual relationships, race and labor relations, immigration policy, and the status of women. She illustrates how businessmen, government officials, white women, native-born workers, immigrants, and Black Detroiters challenged each other for the power to define the contours of the new American city. Ultimately, the Americanization programs prevailed and their conservative values became the backbone of Cold War sensibilities that enabled the Cold War consensus to gain popularity. As The Detroit Model contends, the backlash to shifting demographics in Detroit shaped American life for decades to come.

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À propos de l'auteur

Nicole Greer Golda is lecturer of history at Kennesaw State University.

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Éditeur
The University of North Carolina Press
Date d'édition
2026
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1469695243
ISBN 13 
9781469695242
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
296
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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