The condemnation of blackness race, crime, and the making of modern urban America / Khalil Gibran Muhammad.

Portion of title Race, crime, and the making of modern urban America
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.
Abstract 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.
General noteOriginally published in 2010.
General note"Preface 2019": Pages xi-xxx.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Awards noteWinner of the John Hope Franklin Prize.
Awards noteA Moyers & Company Best Book of the Year.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019461224
ISBN9780674238145 (paperback)
ISBN0674238141 (paperback)

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