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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812128903321

Autore

McLaughlin Malcolm <1974->

Titolo

Power, community, and racial killing in East St. Louis / / Malcolm McLaughlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

ISBN

1-281-36408-8

9786611364083

1-4039-7864-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 pages)

Disciplina

305.8/00977389

Soggetti

Race riots - Illinois - East Saint Louis - History

Power (Social sciences) - Illinois - East Saint Louis - History

East Saint Louis (Ill.) Race relations History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-277) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

An exploration of the brutal East St. Louis race riot of 1917, and the city and community that gave rise to it.