Dr. Lisa Fine explains how the working class, local unions, and sportsman’s organization collaborated throughout the twentieth century to preserve the ecosystems and waterways located Downriver, a collection of working class industrial, exurban, and rural communities south of Detroit along the Detroit River. Fine is a professor of history at Michigan State University and author of Downriver Detroit: The Working Class, the Environment, and the Bonds of Place.

Related Resources:
Downriver Detroit: The Working Class, the Environment, and the Bonds of Place

Related Collections:
UAW Conservation and Recreation Department Records (LR000812)
UAW Recreation Department Records (LR000188)
UAW President’s Office: Walter P. Reuther Records (LR000261)

Episode Credits
Interviewee: Lisa M. Fine
Producers: Dan Golodner and Troy Eller English
Music: Bart Bealmear

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