Mass Incarceration
Last updated: January 27, 2023
Peter Temin on An Economic Historian’s Favourite Books
Distinguished economic historian, Peter Temin, talks us through some of his favourite books. His own latest book, The Vanishing Middle Class, charts America’s regression towards a pre-industrial society: with many poor, a few rich, and not much in between.
The best books on Race and American Policing, recommended by Joe Domanick
The author and journalist describes how racism, violence, and corruption became entrenched in police departments across America. He picks five books describing a stark reality, and suggests a blueprint for change
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Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. History
by Rogers M. Smith -
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At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration during the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943
by Erika Lee -
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Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America
by Mae M. Ngai -
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Lift Every Voice: The NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement
by Patricia Sullivan -
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander
The best books on Race and the Law, recommended by Kenneth W. Mack
The best books on Race and the Law, recommended by Kenneth W. Mack
Kenneth W. Mack, the Lawrence D. Biele Professor of Law at Harvard University, discusses the warring ideals of egalitarianism and exclusion at the heart of US politics and law, from the founding of the nation up to the present day.
The best books on Crime and Punishment, recommended by David Downes
Emeritus professor at the LSE’s Mannheim Centre for the Study of Criminology & Criminal Justice tells us about the consequences of mass incarceration and a breakdown in social and moral cohesion
