The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban AmericaChronicling 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. |
Contents
The Mismeasure of Crime | 1 |
The Racial Data Revolution and the Negro Problem | 15 |
Racial Criminalization and the Dawn of Jim Crow | 35 |
The Limits of Racial Liberalism in the Progressive Era | 88 |
White and Black Reformers in Philadelphia | 146 |
Politics and Prejudice in the City of Brotherly Love | 192 |
Jim Crow Justice in the Urban North | 226 |
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