Detroit's Rise and Fall: An In-Depth Examination with Urban Historian Josiah Rector

Varn Vlog - A podcast by C. Derick Varn

Picture this - Detroit, from its ascension to the status of the fourth largest city in the U.S. in the 1920s to the infamous municipal bankruptcy and near collapse of the auto industry. How did this happen? Well, that's precisely what we explore with our guest, Josiah Rector, an urban historian, assistant professor at the University of Houston, and author of Toxic Debt. Rector's expertise provides us with a rare, comprehensive analysis of Detroit's environmental, economic, and social issues, ...