Valuing Detroit’s Art Museum: A History of Fiscal Abandonment and Rescue By Jeffrey AbtEnglish | PDF | 2017 | 2017 | 285 Pages | ISBN : 3319452185 | 7.79 MB
This book explores the perilous situation that faced the Detroit Institute of Arts during the city's bankruptcy, when creditors considered it a "nonessential asset" that might be sold to settle Detroit's debts. It presents the history of the museum in the context of the social, economic, and political development of Detroit, giving a history of the city as well as of the institution, and providing a model of contextual institutional history.