| Detroit: I Do Mind Dying: A Study in Urban Revolution Updated Edition Contributor(s): Surkin, Marvin (Author), Georgakas, Dan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1608462218 ISBN-13: 9781608462216 Publisher: Haymarket Books OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - 20th Century - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| Lexile Measure: 1290 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.75 lbs) 250 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 1970's - Locality - Detroit, Michigan - Geographic Orientation - Michigan - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Detroit: I Do Mind Dying tracks the extraordinary development of the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers as they became two of the landmark political organizations of the 1960s and 1970s. It is widely heralded as one the most important books on the black liberation movement. Marvin Surkin received his PhD in political science from New York University and is a specialist in comparative urban politics and social change. He worked at the center of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit. Dan Georgakas is a writer, historian, and activist with a long-time interest in social movements. He is the author of My Detroit, Growing up Greek and American in Motor City. |