The origins of the carceral crisis: Racial order as “law and order” in postwar American politics

Race and American Political Development

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 234-255

  Murakawa, Naomi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84920602862     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203626023     Document Type: Chapter

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