America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s

By Elizabeth Hinton

Book Overview

The essential book on the prehistory of the George Floyd protests in 2020, America on Fire tells a story of policing and "riots" that shatters our understanding of the post-civil rights era. Drawing on exclusive sources, acclaimed scholar Elizabeth Hinton uncovers a previously hidden geography of violence from the late 1960s to the present, and in the process overturns the idea of the urban riot, contending that such events can only be properly understood as rebellions. Presenting a new framework for understanding our nation's enduring strife, America on Fire is a startlingly original account of our dual crises of policing and prisons. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324092009
• ISBN13: 9781324092001
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.2"