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Power, Community, and Racial Killing in East St. Louis / by M. McLaughlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McLaughlin, Malcolm, 1974-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Race.
- United States--History.
- United States.
- History, Modern.
- America--History.
- America.
- Engineering.
- Life sciences.
- Race and Ethnicity Studies.
- US History.
- Modern History.
- History of the Americas.
- Technology and Engineering.
- Life Sciences.
- Local Subjects:
- Race and Ethnicity Studies.
- US History.
- Modern History.
- History of the Americas.
- Technology and Engineering.
- Life Sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2005.
- Place of Publication:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
- Summary:
- Malcolm McLaughlin's work presents a detailed analysis of the East St. Louis race riot in 1917, offering new insights into the construction of white identity and racism. He illuminates the "world of East St Louis", life in its factories and neighborhoods, its popular culture, and City Hall politics, to place the race riot in the context of the city's urban development.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Power,Community, and Racial Killing in East St. Louis
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I East St. Louis and Its World
- 1 East St. Louis Transformed: The Emergence of an Industrial City
- 2 The Structure of Power
- 3 Popular Culture, Race, and Violence
- Part II Race Riot
- 4 Race Riot: The Conjuncture
- 5 Anatomy of the Killing
- 6 "Hot Lead from the Race Quarters": Black East St. Louis and Self-Defense
- Conclusion
- Epilogue: The Case for Reparations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-277) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611364083
- 9781281364081
- 1281364088
- 9781403978646
- 1403978646
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