Set the night on fire : L.A. in the sixties / Mike Davis and Jon Wiener.
Set the night on fire : L.A. in the sixties / Mike Davis and Jon Wiener.
Set the night on fire : L.A. in the sixties / Mike Davis and Jon Wiener.
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London : Verso, 2020.
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G 2020/4430
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English
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Physical content
ix, 788 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: A movement history -- Setting the agenda (1960) -- I. A new breed. Warden of the ghetto: LAPD Chief William H. Parker -- L.A. to Mississippi, goddamn: the freedom rides (1961) -- "God's angry men": the Black Muslims (1962) -- "Not tomorrow--but now!": L.A's United Civil Rights Movement...
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London : Verso, 2020.
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England
Date Published
2020.
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A magisterial, riveting movement history of Los Angeles in the SixtiesLos Angeles in the sixties was a hotbed of political and social upheaval. The city was a launchpad for Black Powerwhere Malcolm X and Angela Davis first came to prominence and the Watts uprising shook the nation. The city was home to the Chicano Blowouts and Chicano Moratorium, a...
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Set the night on fire : L.A. in the sixties / Mike Davis and Jon Wiener.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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G 2020/4430
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74VKavovgZGA
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1784780227
9781784780227
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979.494
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991024357618902626
