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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kevin MumfordPublisher: New York University Press Imprint: New York University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780814795637ISBN 10: 0814795633 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 01 November 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Integration The Central Ward and the Rites of the Public Sphere Double V in New Jersey The Construction of Integration The Limits of Interracial Activism Brutal Realities and the Roots of the Disorders Uprising Testimonies to Violation and Violence The Reconstruction of Black Womanhood Baraka v. Imperiale: The Excesses of Racial Nationalism Black Power in Newark Epilogue Notes Index About the AuthorReviewsaMumford explores the devastating effect of the riots and how the city police, state police, and National Guard escalated the violence. He raises the controversial possibility that female looters stripping store mannequins may have been making a social statement about economic inequality. He also discusses such divisive personalities as Anthony Imperiale of the Citizens Council, with his anti-black sentiments, and the poet Amiri Baraka, who melded black nationalism with anti-white and, occasionally, anti- Semitic rhetoric.a - New Jersey Star Ledger Author InformationKevin Mumford is Associate Professor of History and African American studies at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Interzones: Black/White Sex Districts in Chicago and New York in the Early Twentieth Century. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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