The Condemnation of Blackness : : Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America, With a New Preface / / Khalil Gibran Muhammad.
Chronicling the emergence of deeply embedded notions of black people as a dangerous race of criminals by explicit contrast to working-class whites and European immigrants, this fascinating book reveals the influence such ideas have had on urban development and social policies.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Preface 2019 -- Introduction: The Mismeasure of Crime -- 1 Saving the Nation: The Racial Data Revolution and the Negro Problem -- 2 Writing Crime into Race: Racial Criminalization and the Dawn of Jim Crow -- 3 Incriminating Culture: The Limits of Racial Liberalism in the Progressive Era -- 4 Preventing Crime: White and Black Reformers in Philadelphia -- 5 Fighting Crime: Politics and Prejudice in the City of Brotherly Love -- 6 Policing Racism: Jim Crow Justice in the Urban North -- Conclusion: The Conundrum of Criminality -- Manuscript Sources -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Summary: | Chronicling the emergence of deeply embedded notions of black people as a dangerous race of criminals by explicit contrast to working-class whites and European immigrants, this fascinating book reveals the influence such ideas have had on urban development and social policies. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674240919 9783110442205 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674240919 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Khalil Gibran Muhammad. |