Muddy Boots and Ragged Aprons: Images of Working-Class Detroit, 1900-1930

by Kevin G. Boyle

This text focuses on the working people who, in the first three decades of the 20th century, made Detroit into one of the world's great industrial cities. Telling their stories through photographs with captions explaining its content and context, it examines the world as they lived and changed it.

208 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1997

About the author

Kevin Gerard Boyle is the William Smith Mason Professor of American History at Northwestern University.

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book filled with photos from 1900-1930 of the working class of Detroit. Having an interest in photography and living in the Detroit area is what drew me to this book. I highly reccommend this to anyone who loves the history of Detroit.