| Description |
1 online resource (231 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps and Tables; Preface to the Centennial Paperback Edition; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1: Riot, Ruin and Rebellion ... -- Gallery; Chapter 2: The Community; Chapter 3: The Rioters; Chapter 4: The Victims; Chapter 5: The Aftermath; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover |
| Summary |
This detailed case study of the 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois, which began only a few blocks from Abraham Lincoln's family home, explores the social origins of rioting by whites against the city's African American community after a white woman alleged that a black man had raped her. Over two days rioters wrecked black-owned businesses, burned neighborhoods to the ground, killed two black men, and injured many others. Author Roberta Senechal de la Roche draws from a wide range of sources to describe the riot, identify the rioters and their victims, and c |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-225) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Race riots -- Illinois -- Springfield -- History -- 20th century
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African Americans -- Illinois -- Springfield -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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African Americans -- Social conditions
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Race relations
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Race riots
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| SUBJECT |
Springfield (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Illinois -- Springfield
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Senechal de la Roche, Roberta, 1950-
Sociogenesis of a race riot
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| ISBN |
9781441623706 |
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1441623701 |
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9780809329090 |
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0809329093 |
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9780809386642 |
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080938664X |
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1299538835 |
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9781299538832 |
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