I believe i found a topic idea.
I want to focus on the industry in detroit that kept the city alive prior to the auto boom. From what i have found this would be carriage building. My plan of attack on this broad topic would be as follows:
Geograpy of area during time period (planning Civil war -1920's)
Population demographics (Race, Ethnicity, religion, community orgs.)
Industry and facilities
Vendors and transportation influences (great lakes, former rail lines)
Owners of Carriage industries and their vision
Worker - Management relations
Community activism and follow on industries (Sort of a before and after look at demographics)
Concluding with a look at how these factors set the stage for the transition to automobiles fabrication.
Is this an appropriate flow to take for my project? Is their anything i missed or should focus on? Thanks alot
I like this topic a lot...especially since I don't know too much about it. It will be interesting to learn about the pre-auto industry. I can't help but wonder if there was still some French descendants left in the area - although this may be much later.
ReplyDeleteTry a library search for Michigan History Magazine. You may find a random article or two that someone had written about this era.