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ISBN-10: 1108434037
ISBN-13: 9781108434034
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publish Date: 01/25/2018
Dimensions: 8.80" L, 6.00" W, 0.90" H

The Great Uprising: Race Riots in Urban America During the 1960s

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Between 1963 and 1972 America experienced over 750 urban revolts. Considered collectively, they comprise what Peter Levy terms a ‘Great Uprising’. Levy examines these uprisings over the arc of the entire decade, in various cities across America. He challenges both conservative and liberal interpretations, emphasizing that these riots must be placed within historical context to be properly understood. By focusing on three specific cities as case studies – Cambridge and Baltimore, Maryland, and York, Pennsylvania – Levy demonstrates the impact which these uprisings had on millions of ordinary Americans. He shows how conservatives profited politically by constructing a misleading narrative of their causes, and also suggests that the riots did not represent a sharp break or rupture from the civil rights movement. Finally, Levy presents a cautionary tale by challenging us to consider if the conditions that produced this ‘Great Uprising’ are still predominant in American culture today.

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'Levy's framing of these moments of violence as a 'Great Uprising' is nothing short of brilliant. He has truly crafted an illuminating narrative synthesis of these moments of violence, one that eschews ideologically-driven analyses, which, for far too long, have dominated the place of these urban uprisings in post-WWII US history. I have been dreaming about a book like this one for years, wishing one existed for me to assign to my classes. Finally, Levy has given it to me in one, well-written volume.' Brian Purnell, Bowdoin College, Maine
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Details

ISBN-10: 1108434037
ISBN-13: 9781108434034
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publish Date: 01/25/2018
Dimensions: 8.80" L, 6.00" W, 0.90" H
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