Roots of Violence in Black Philadelphia, 1860-1900
by Roger Lane
Published by Harvard University Press, 1986. Softcover. First Edition. Winner of the Bancroft Prize in 1987. LIKE NEW.
The late nineteenth century, a historical explanation for the rising levels of black urban crime and family instability during this paradoxical era. Philadelphia serves as test case because of the richness of the data: DuBois's classic study, The Philadelphia Negro, newspapers, records of the criminal justice system and other local agencies, and the federal census. The author presents numerical details, along with many examples of the human stories--social and political--behind the statistics. Lane reveals how social and economic discrimination created a black criminal subculture.
