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The condemnation of blackness : race, crime, and the making of modern urban America Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HV 6197 .U6 M852 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Muhammad, Khalil Gibran, 1972- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime and race--United States--History--20th century.
- Crime and race.
- African Americans--Social conditions--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--History--20th century.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States--History--20th century.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- Hate crimes--United States--History--20th century.
- Hate crimes.
- Racism--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Racism.
- United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Race, crime, and the making of modern urban America
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2019]
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The mismeasure of crime
- Saving the nation : the racial data revolution and the negro problem
- Writing crime into race : racial criminalization and the dawn of Jim Crow
- Incriminating culture : the limits of racial liberalism in the progressive era
- Preventing crime : white and black reformers in Philadelphia
- Fighting crime : politics and prejudice in the city of brotherly love
- Policing racism : Jim Crow justice in the urban north
- Conclusion: The conundrum of criminality.
- Notes:
- Originally published in 2010.
- "Preface 2019": Pages xi-xxx.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Winner of the John Hope Franklin Prize.
- A Moyers & Company Best Book of the Year.
- Local Notes:
- Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complimentary Collection
- ISBN:
- 9780674238145
- 0674238141
- OCLC:
- 1246171260
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