Roots of Violence in Black Philadelphia, 1860-1900
In the late nineteenth century, life became more stable and orderly for most American city dwellers, but not for blacks. Roger Lane offers a historical explanation for the rising levels of black urban crime and family instability during this paradoxical era. Philadelphia serves as test case because of the richness of the data: DuBois's classic study, The Philadelphia Negro, newspapers, records of the criminal justice system and other local agencies, and the federal census. The author presents numerical details, along with many examples of the human stories--social and political--behind the statistics. Lane reveals how social and economic dis…
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- ISBN: 978-0-674-77978-5
- EAN: 9780674779785
- Produktnummer: 1774129
- Verlag: Harvard University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1989
- Seitenangabe: 206 S.
- Masse: H25.0 cm x B20.0 cm 363 g
- Gewicht: 363
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
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