Title & Author:

The Los Angeles riots : lessons for the urban future / edited by Mark Baldassare.

Publication:

Boulder : Westview Press, 1994.

Description:

xiii, 255 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Urban policy challenges

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Mark Baldassare -- A riot of color : the demographic setting / Peter A. Morrison and Ira S. Lowry -- Los Angeles coalition politics / Raphael J. Sonenshein -- The Rodney King beating verdicts / Hiroshi Fukurai, Richard Krooth, and Edgar W. Butler -- Public opinion before and after a spring of discontent / Lawrence Bobo [and others] -- A profile of those arrested / Joan Petersilia and Allan Abrahamse -- Property damage and violence : a collective behavior analysis / Kathleen J. Tierney -- Black-Korean conflict / Regina Freer -- Community coalition-building / James A. Regalado -- Urban rioting in Los Angeles : a comparison of 1965 with 1992 / David O. Sears.

Summary:

"The Los Angeles riots in spring 1992 were among the most violent and destructive events in twentieth-century urban America. This book addresses three questions: What were the causes of the riots, what actually took place, and what are the consequences and meaning of the riots for U.S. cities? The findings presented here provide strong evidence that the existence of an inner-city "underclass," the persistence of black-white tensions in U.S. society, and the emergence of inter-ethnic hostilities in urban neighborhoods are critical to understanding the Los Angeles riots and their implications. The book is crucial to everyone's understanding of the contemporary urban environment and will be ideal as a supplementary text in urban politics, sociology, urban planning and policy courses as well as in current affairs."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information

ISBN:

0813323916 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780813323916 (hc ; alk. paper)
0813323924 (pb ; alk. paper)
9780813323923 (pb ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992.
Race relations.
Rassenonlusten.
Oproeren.
Émeutes États-Unis.
Los Angeles (Calif.) Race relations.
California Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (Calif.) Relations interethniques.
Los Angeles (Calif.) Histoire universelle 20e siècle.

Added entries:

Baldassare, Mark.
Urban policy challenges.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 324933
Call No.: 324933
Copy: 1
Status: Available