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The condemnation of blackness : Race, crime, and the making of modern urban America / 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.-$tConclusion: The conundrum of criminality.
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- ISBN: 9780674238145
- ISBN: 0674238141
- Physical Description: xxx, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2019]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "With a new preface." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-367) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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 - |
| Awards Note: | Winner of the John Hope Franklin Prize. |
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The Condemnation of Blackness : Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America, with a New Preface
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| List of Illustrations | p. ix | |
| Preface 2019 | p. xi | |
| Introduction: The Mismeasure of Crime | p. 1 | |
| 1 | Saving the Nation: The Racial Data Revolution and the Negro Problem | p. 15 |
| 2 | Writing Crime into Race: Racial Criminalization and the Dawn of Jim Crow | p. 35 |
| 3 | Incriminating Culture: The Limits of Racial Liberalism in the Progressive Era | p. 88 |
| 4 | Preventing Crime: White and Black Reformers in Philadelphia | p. 146 |
| 5 | Fighting Crime: Politics and Prejudice in the City of Brotherly Love | p. 192 |
| 6 | Policing Racism: Jim Crow Justice in the Urban North | p. 226 |
| Conclusion: The Conundrum of Criminality | p. 269 | |
| Manuscript Sources | p. 279 | |
| Notes | p. 281 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 369 | |
| Index | p. 375 |
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