ISBN:
9780520957688
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0520957687
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (282 pages)
Series Statement:
American Crossroads 43
Parallel Title:
Print version Camp, Jordan T., 1979- Incarcerating the crisis
DDC:
303.4840973
Keywords:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
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Protest movements History
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United States
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Race riots History
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United States
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African Americans Social conditions
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Neoliberalism Social aspects
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History
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United States
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Social problems in mass media
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Race relations in mass media
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African Americans Social conditions
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Neoliberalism Social aspects
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History
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Protest movements History
;
Race riots History
;
African Americans Social conditions
;
Neoliberalism Social aspects
;
History
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Social problems in mass media
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Race relations in mass media
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Race riots History
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Protest movements History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
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HISTORY ; United States ; 20th Century
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African Americans ; Social conditions
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Protest movements
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Race relations
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Race relations in mass media
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Race riots
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Social problems in mass media
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Rassenunruhen
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Freiheitsstrafe
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Neoliberalismus
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History
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United States Race relations
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History
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United States
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United States Race relations
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History
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United States Race relations
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History
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United States
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Electronic books History
Abstract:
"The United States currently has the highest incarceration rate of any country: one in thirty-five adults are in jail, prison, immigrant detention, or on parole or probation. Over the last four decades, structural unemployment, concentrated urban poverty, and mass homelessness have also become permanent features of the political economy. These developments are without historical precedent, but not without historical explanation. In this searing critique, Jordan T. Camp traces the roots of this explosive carceral crisis through a series of turning points in U.S. history including the Watts insurrection in 1965, the Detroit rebellion in 1967, the Attica uprising in 1971, the Los Angeles revolt in 1992, and post-katrina New Orleans in 2005. Incarcerating the Crisis argues that these dramatic events coincided with the emergence of neoliberal capitalism and the state's attempts to crush radical social movements. Through an examination of poetic visions of social movements--including those by James Baldwin, Marvin Gaye, June Jordan, Jose Ramirez, and Sunni Patterson--it also suggests that alternative outcomes have been and continue to be possible."--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
Introduction: an old world is dying -- The explosion in Watts: The second reconstruction and the cold war roots of the carceral state -- Finally got the news: The black freedom struggle and the crisis of U.S. hegemony in Detroit -- The sound before the fury: Attica, racialized state violence, and the neoliberal turn in New York -- Reading the writing on the wall: The Los Angeles uprising and the Carceral City -- What's going on? Moral panics and militarization in post-Katrina New Orleans -- Shut 'em down: Social movements confront mass homelesness and militarized policing in Los Angeles -- Epilogue: poetry of the future
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
