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Blue Dreams: Korean Americans and the Los Angeles Riots

Book by Nancy Abelmann, John Lie; Harvard University Press, 1995

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Korean Americans--California--Los Angeles--History--20th Century, Los Angeles (Calif.)--Ethnic Relations, Riots--California--Los Angeles--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...this will be a hard riot to romanticize...said today that the riots last week in Los...first multicultural riots" ; Davis 1992a...first multiracial riot" ; West 1993 , p...century Parisian riot and the 1992 L.A. riots. The his
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Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD

Book by Lou Cannon; Westview Press, 1999

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African Americans--Civil Rights--California--Los Angeles--History--20th Century, King, Rodney, Los Angeles (Calif.)--Police Dept, Los Angeles (Calif.)--Politics And Government, Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race Relations, Racism--California--Los Angeles--History--20th Century, Riots--California--Los Angeles--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...cars. But they had been frightened by the riots. While they might have found it difficult...Reginald Denny. In the days after the riots, as the media reported more details about...that Gates was on the ropes. Before the riots they had warned against aggressive preparation...
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The Turbulent Era: Riot & Disorder in Jacksonian America

Book by Michael Feldberg; Oxford University Press, 1980

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Philadelphia (Pa.)--Ethnic Relations, Riots--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, Riots--United States--History--19th Century, Violence--United States--History--19th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...collective violence. We may divide Jacksonian riots into those that were intended to further...needs. We may choose to separate these riots into those that advanced the cause of social...the status quo. For the most part, the riots discussed in this chapter were preservatist...
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The New York City Draft Riots: Their Significance for American Society and Politics in the Age of the Civil War

Book by Iver Bernstein; Oxford University Press, 1990

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Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863

Collections: History, Entire Library

...But for many others the riots were charged with the...Since the New York draft riot represented a turning...narrative of the draft riots, first from the viewpoint...city. Part One, "Draft Riots and the Social Order," identifies the riot week as a moment of political...
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The Los Angeles Riots: Lessons for the Urban Future

Book by Mark Baldassare; Westview Press, 1994

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Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race Relations, Riots--California--Los Angeles

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Sears concludes by stating that the 1992 riots underscore the economic difficulties faced...lessons to be learned from the Los Angeles riots. The findings reported in this book have...summarize what we have learned about the riots causes, what actually took place and the...

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Journal Articles on: riots

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Mapping Narratives: The 1992 Los Angeles Riots as a Case Study for Narrative-Based Geovisualization

Journal article by Paul R. Watts; Journal of Cultural Geography, Vol. 27, 2010

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Geospatial data--Usage, Los Angeles Riots, 1992, Los Angeles, California--Social aspects, Narrative inquiry--Usage, Qualitative research--Methods, Riots--Research

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...occurrences during a riot. Since riots are a result of human...violence during the 1992 riots (1998, p. 41...mapped the locations of riot variables with demographic...Martinez, R., 1992. Riot scenes. In: D...Inside the L.A. riots. what really happened...
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Food Riots Revisited

Journal article by Lynne Taylor; Journal of Social History, Vol. 30, 1996

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Demonstrations--History, Riots--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...curious pattern to the riots. While all the communities...only some erupted in riot. His conclusion is that the pattern of riots which he observed cannot...Part of the protocol of riot was the locus of protest...twentieth-century food riots erupted at sites of natural...
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The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921: Toward an Integrative Theory of Collective Violence

Journal article by Chris M. Messer; Journal of Social History, Vol. 44, 2011

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African Americans--Social aspects, Riots--Analysis, Riots--Demographic aspects, Riots--History, Social norms--Analysis, Tulsa Race Riot, 1921--History, Violence--Analysis

Collections: History, Entire Library

...formed to investigate the riot framed the riots causation in terms of African...own actions during the riot. Spilerman argues that the race riots of the 1960s could in part...Political Alienation, and Riot Orientation" in Riots and Rebellion, eds. Louis...
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An Incitement to Riot

Journal article by Thomas J. Hrach; Journalism History, Vol. 37, 2011

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Assassinations & assassination attempts, Cities, News media, Poverty, Research, Riots, Television news, Violence

Collections: History, Entire Library

...examined televised riot coverage in fifteen cities where major riots had occurred in the...the timing of the riots and the damage they caused. Newarks riot lasted from July 12...television caused riots would routinely resurface after a major riot, yet serious discussion...
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Reflecting Violence in the Warpland: Gwendolyn Brooks's Riot

Journal article by Annette Debo; African American Review, Vol. 39, 2005

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African Americans--Political activity, Books--Criticism and interpretation, Brooks, Gwendolyn--Works, Riot (Poetry collection)--Criticism and interpretation

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...mirroring is pivotal in Riot because it connects the 1968 riots to the violence aimed...by representing the riots positively; rather, she is presenting the riot as a valid method...powerlessness through the riot. Interspersed with the riots participants is the...

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Magazine Articles on: riots

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Bringing the Lessons of Prison Riots into Focus

Magazine article by Reid H. Montgomery Jr.; Corrections Today, Vol. 59, February 1997

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Correctional institutions--Safety and security measures, Prison riots--Prevention

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...precipitating events for these riots were comparable. The Attica riot spread after a defective...just broken out into a riot. Riots had been events that took...increased the potential for riots. He even remembered the Camp Hill riot. Furthermore, Mars University...
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Recreating Riots: A Group Known as Recreate '68 Is Planning Demonstrations during the Democratic National Convention That Could Recreate the Chaos of the 1968 Convention in Chicago

Magazine article by William F. Jasper; The New American, Vol. 24, September 1, 2008

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Activists--Demonstrations and protests, Democratic National Convention, 1968--Demonstrations and protests, Political activists--Demonstrations and protests, Political conventions--Demonstrations and protests, Reformers--Demonstrations and protests, Riots--Political aspects, Social reformers--Demonstrations and protests

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...attended courses in riot-making and revolution...the deadly Newark riots. Stern later wrote...minimal (compared to riots of the period...ground" (as the riot leaders had threatened...entire country. Why Riot? Whether or not the...Exploiting the Chicago riots and the string of...
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Remembering the Riots

Magazine article by James Nuechterlein; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, October 1997

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Detroit, Michigan--Demonstrations, protests, etc., Race relations--History, Riots--Social aspects, United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders--Reports

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...than the series of black riots that began in Birmingham...are still vivid. The riot began early in the morning...random violence. Earlier riots had been blamed on police...time in the decade, a riot had gotten so out of hand...businesses looted. The riots in Detroit and elsewhere...
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A Fire in a Crowded Theatre: Anna Deavere Smith Relives the Los Angeles Riots

Magazine article by Richard Stayton; American Theatre, Vol. 10, July 1993

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African American dramatists--Interviews, Riots--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Smith, Anna Deavere--Interviews

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...Smith relives the Los Angeles riots by Richard Stayton Interviewing...history class at UCLA during the riots. Peter had said the riots were a play about denial, like...Night. He told her class, This riot is a story about how dad wont...
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The la Riots: an Hr Diary

Magazine article by Charlene Marmer Solomon; Personnel Journal, Vol. 71, July 1992

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California, Emergencies, Human resource management, Impacts, Los Angeles California, Management of crises, Riots, United States, Violence

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...The Los Angeles riots had begun. Four bold...room would see 300 riot victims before Saturday...Immediately following the riots the company estimated...discovered it was a riot, they called people...business day after the riots quieted down. Los...the smoky pall and riot-gear-clad troops...

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Newspaper Articles on: riots

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Making Riots History; It Was 20 Years Ago Today That the Tyneside Riots Began on the Meadow Well Estate in North Shields, Later Spreading to the West End of Newcastle. as Riots Hit Other Parts of the Country, MIKE KELLY Looks Back at the Events of 1991 and Asks Why the Region Escaped the Mass Disorder This Year

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), September 9, 2011

Subjects:

Campbell, Beatrix, Riots, Theft

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...why the North East did not riot as unrest spread across England...wrote a book about the 1991 riots MEADOW WELL 1991 Above: Firefighters during the 1991 riots on the Meadow Well estate...streets. Below: Policemen in riot gear at the height of the...
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A Rather Unromantic Riot; Comment & Analysis

Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), August 14, 2011

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Riots

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the riots. Yeah, last weeks riots - its all about the battle of...for a love story set during the riots. Yeah, last weeKs riots - its all about the battle of...The immediate response to a riot is to recoil at the cruelty and...
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21st Century Riots Need a 21st Century Response

Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), August 11, 2011

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Riots

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...about the Neet riots, the Broken Society riots or even, given the rioters use of expensive mobile phones, the Blackberry riots? Its easy to name a riot when theres a cause, like the race riots, or a place on which it was focused...
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OVERCOMING THE 1968 RIOTS; Recovery Slow for Wracked Communities

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 4, 2008

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Riots

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...down. Thats when the riot started to break out...fires." In the end, the riots led to 10 deaths, 1...The aftermath of the riots have had an unfortunate...first thoughts after the riots was we need to build this...mixed emotions about the riot. I was trained in nonviolence...
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WHAT NOW FOR REGENERATION? Architectural Historian Wouter Vanstiphout Studies the Environmental Conditions of Riots. Urban Planners Have Lessons to Learn from London's Unrest, He Tells Kieran Long

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 17, 2011

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City planning--Environmental aspects, Environmental quality--Environmental aspects, Historians--Environmental aspects, Riots--Environmental aspects, Urban planning--Environmental aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...environments. Whereas the Paris riots played out in fortress-like...intersections. Wouter Vanstiphout The riots in London, however, happened...we have studied is how every riot has its typical place. In London...tactics to deal with gangs and riots, it is perhaps worth remembering...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: riots

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Draft Riots

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

DRAFT RIOTS in the American Civil War, mob action to...there occurred large-scale, bloody riots. Many elements in New York sympathized...1864) to conscientious objectors. The riots had inflicted property damage of $1.5...
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Gordon Riots

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

GORDON RIOTS see Gordon, Lord George . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Riot-Control Gas

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

RIOT-CONTROL GAS see poison gas ; tear gas . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Riot, Rout, and Unlawful Assembly

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

RIOT, ROUT, AND UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY in law, varying...unlawful assembly. Under British law, the Riot Act (1716) required that a sheriff, judge...if they never reach their goal. There is a riot if violence actually results from an unlawful...
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Haymarket Square Riot

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

HAYMARKET SQUARE RIOT outbreak of violence in Chicago on May 4, 1886. Demands for an eight-hour working day became increasingly widespread among...

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