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Flak-catchers : one hundred years of Riot Commission politics in America
- Title
- Flak-catchers : one hundred years of Riot Commission politics in America / Lindsey Lupo.
- Author
- Lupo, Lindsey, 1975-
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011.
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Details
- Description
- vii, 275 p.; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Commission politics -- Research design -- The 1919 Chicago riot and the Chicago Commission -- The 1935 Harlem riot and the Harlem Commission -- The 1965 Los Angeles riot and the McCone commission -- The 1967 USA riots and the Kerner Commission -- The 1992 Los Angeles riot and the Assembly Special Committee, Senate Special Task Force, Presidential Task Force, and the Webster-Williams Commission -- The changing nature of riot commission politics in the post-Kerner commission years -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- Sc E 15-1411
- ISBN
- 9780739138106 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0739138103 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780739138120 (electronic)
- 073913812X (electronic)
- LCCN
- 2010044212
- OCLC
- 664667195
- Author
- Lupo, Lindsey, 1975-
- Title
- Flak-catchers : one hundred years of Riot Commission politics in America / Lindsey Lupo.
- Imprint
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 15-1411