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Citizen Brown - Race, Democracy, and Inequality in the St. Louis Suburbs (Paperback) Loot Price: R751
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Citizen Brown - Race, Democracy, and Inequality in the St. Louis Suburbs (Paperback): Colin Gordon

Citizen Brown - Race, Democracy, and Inequality in the St. Louis Suburbs (Paperback)

Colin Gordon

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The 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, ignited nationwide protests and brought widespread attention police brutality and institutional racism. But Ferguson was no aberration. As Colin Gordon shows in this urgent and timely book, the events in Ferguson exposed not only the deep racism of the local police department but also the ways in which decades of public policy effectively segregated people and curtailed citizenship not just in Ferguson but across the St. Louis suburbs. Citizen Brown uncovers half a century of private practices and public policies that resulted in bitter inequality and sustained segregation in Ferguson and beyond. Gordon shows how municipal and school district boundaries were pointedly drawn to contain or exclude African Americans and how local policies and services-especially policing, education, and urban renewal-were weaponized to maintain civic separation. He also makes it clear that the outcry that arose in Ferguson was no impulsive outburst but rather an explosion of pent-up rage against long-standing systems of segregation and inequality-of which a police force that viewed citizens not as subjects to serve and protect but as sources of revenue was only the most immediate example. Worse, Citizen Brown illustrates the fact that though the greater St. Louis area provides some extraordinarily clear examples of fraught racial dynamics, in this it is hardly alone among American cities and regions. Interactive maps and other companion resources to Citizen Brown are available at the book website.

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Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: August 2020
First published: 2019
Authors: Colin Gordon
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-76088-9
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Local government > General
Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
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LSN: 0-226-76088-X
Barcode: 9780226760889

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