The Condemnation of Blackness : Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America, With a New Preface / Khalil Gibran Muhammad.
2021
HV6197.U6 M85 2010
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Title
The Condemnation of Blackness : Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America, With a New Preface / Khalil Gibran Muhammad.
ISBN
9780674240919
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2021]
Copyright
©2019
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (416 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.4159/9780674240919 doi
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HV6197.U6 M85 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.2/56
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.
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Table of Contents
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
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