Elizabeth Hinton è un'autrice il cui lavoro esamina criticamente la persistenza della povertà e della disuguaglianza razziale negli Stati Uniti del XX secolo. La sua ricerca approfondisce la trasformazione dei programmi sociali nazionali e della polizia urbana all'indomani del Movimento per i Diritti Civili. Attraverso la sua opera, Hinton getta luce sulle radici storiche profondamente radicate di questi problemi sociali persistenti e sul loro profondo impatto sulla vita americana contemporanea.
"Between 1964 and 1972, the United States endured internal violence on a scale not seen since the Civil War. Ever since, Americans have been living in a nation and national culture created, in part, by the extreme violence of this period. Taking us from the uprising in Watts, Los Angeles in 1965 to the murder of George Floyd in 2020, American on Fire is a sweeping investigation into the racial inequality of America's past and present that shatters our understanding of the post-civil rights era
The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s
The book presents a groundbreaking narrative that reexamines the history of policing and riots, offering a fresh perspective on the post-civil rights era. Through thorough research, the author challenges established views of the criminal legal system, aiming to reshape the discourse surrounding these critical social issues. This work stands out as a significant contribution to the understanding of contemporary law enforcement and its societal implications.
Co-Winner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A Wall Street Journal Favorite Book of the Year A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year A Publishers Weekly Favorite Book of the Year In the United States today, one in every thirty-one adults is under some form of penal control, including one in eleven African American men. How did the “land of the free” become the home of the world’s largest prison system? Challenging the belief that America’s prison problem originated with the Reagan administration’s War on Drugs, Elizabeth Hinton traces the rise of mass incarceration to an ironic source: the social welfare programs of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society at the height of the civil rights era. “An extraordinary and important new book.” —Jill Lepore, New Yorker “Hinton’s book is more than an argument; it is a revelation...There are moments that will make your skin crawl...This is history, but the implications for today are striking. Readers will learn how the militarization of the police that we’ve witnessed in Ferguson and elsewhere had roots in the 1960s.” —Imani Perry, New York Times Book Review