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A Social History of Racial Violence (Hardcover)
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A Social History of Racial Violence (Hardcover)
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No topic has been discussed at greater length or with more vigor
than the racial confrontations of the 1960s. Events of these years
left behind hundreds dead; thousands injured and arrested, property
damage beyond toll, and a population both outraged and conscience
stricken. Researchers have offered a variety of explanations for
this largely urban violence. Although many Americans reacted as if
the violence was a new phenomenon, it was not. Racial Violence in
the United States places the events of the 1960s into historical
perspective. The book includes accounts of racial violence from
different periods in American history, showing these disturbing
events in their historical context and providing suggestive
analyses of their social, psychological, and political causes and
implications. Grimshaw includes reports and studies of racial
violence from the slave insurrections of the seventeenth century to
urban disturbances of the 1960s. The result is more than a
descriptive record. Its contents not only demonstrate the
historical nature of the problem but also provide a review of major
theoretical points of view. The volume defines patterns in past and
present disturbances, isolates empirical generalizations, and
samples the substantial body of literature that has attempted to
explain this ultimate form ofsocial conflict. It includes
selections on the characteristics of rioters, on the ecology of
riots, and on the role of law in urban violence, as well as
theoretical interpretations developed by psychologists,
sociologists, political scientists, and other observers. The
resulting volume will help interested readers better understand the
violence that accompanied the attempts of black Americans to gain
for themselves full equality.
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