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Books on: riots and rioters

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Layered Violence: The Detroit Rioters of 1943

Book by Dominic J. Capeci Jr., Martha Wilkerson; University Press of Mississippi, 1991

Subjects:

Detroit (Mich.)--Race Relations, Riots--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...empirical profiles of the Detroit rioters of 1943. Detroit arrestees...have spoken more honestly than rioters in a later time of moral imperatives...exists to compare the Detroit rioters and others who were on the...broader understanding of race riots generally, the Detroit rioters...
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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

...commutation clauses. Some of these rioters may have regarded a conscription...victory. 43 Alongside Mondays rioters of limited aims were others...Monday morning. It was probably rioters of this sort who later in the...possible to identify each of the riots constituencies. Mondays rioters...
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The Turbulent Era: Riot & Disorder in Jacksonian America

Book by Michael Feldberg; Oxford University Press, 1980

Subjects:

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

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the sheriff nor the mayor took adequate measures to prevent a riot from erupting again, a mob unexpectedly gathered outside the...who later served as sheriff of Philadelphia during the 1844 riots, drove off rioters and permitted the firefighters to save the orphanage. The...
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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

Subjects:

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

...with gang members after the riots suggest that rioters felt free to break the law...helicopter for an aerial tour of the riot area. Gates recalled that...his office during the Watts riot and "kept barking out orders...had tracked the spread of the riots from the air since their inception...
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The Riot Makers: The Technology of Social Demolition

Book by Eugene H. Methvin; Arlington House, 1970

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Communism--History, Riots--History, Riots--United States

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...after the Martin Luther King assassination riots, Justice and Defense Department officials...people who dont know how it is to be in a riot where, if you shoot, they shoot back...allows because it is our duty to stop riots, not to kill rioters." The motivations offered for the...

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Journal Articles on: riots and rioters

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Reflecting Violence in the Warpland: Gwendolyn Brooks's Riot

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

Subjects:

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

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...Therefore, if the riot constitutes an authentically...the civil rights era riot, and who was its perpetrator? The 1960s riots were, according to Robert...is their target; the rioters attacked real property...feelings of sympathy for the rioters, anger against white...of the unheard." One riot photograph in particular...is the warpland of the riots, a battleground where...
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Housing Conditions as a Predictor for Riot: Rochester, New York, 1964

Journal article by Carolyn S. Vacca, Wanda Ellen Wakefield; Afro - Americans in New York Life and History, Vol. 15, 1991

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Civil disobedience, Housing, Riots, Social conditions & trends, Society

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...Conditions as a Predictor for Riot: Rochester, New York, 1964...Their analyses range, from riot as collective violence impacted...media and militant anger to riot as social behavior energized...desperation that would, for the rioter, validate the risk of personal...other cities that experienced riots during the 1960s. Furthermore...neighborhoods of the riots and rioters for clues to the possible motivation...
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An Incitement to Riot

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

Subjects:

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

Collections: History, Entire Library

...In the 1967 summer riots, one ofthe other factors was that rioters were pre-disposed...Report outlined, the rioters were mostly disaffected...that profiled a typical rioter, the report said the...from Canada interviewed rioters in Detroit in 1967 and concluded televised riot coverage likely contributed...on to participate in riots.47 Further research...
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Interpretations of the Crown Heights Riot

Journal article by Edward S. Shapiro; American Jewish History, Vol. 90, 2002

Subjects:

African American-Jewish relations, African Americans--International relations, Brooklyn, New York, New York--Demonstrations and protests, Brooklyn, New York, New York--Social aspects, Interfaith relations--International relations, Jews--International relations, Riots--History, Riots--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...the Crown Heights riot in particular...wisdom regarding the riots of the 1960s. They...frequently described rioters as "protesters," riots as "insurrections...the Crown Heights riot was a white power...New York City. Riots were, in effect...the Crown Heights riot was the social and...economic makeup of the rioters, not the ethnic...
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John E. Wool and the New York City Draft Riots of 1863: A Reassessment

Journal article by Laurence M. Hauptman; Civil War History, Vol. 49, 2003

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Riots, Seymour, Horatio, Thomas, Lorenzo, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Research, Welles, Gideon, Wool, John Ellis

Collections: History, Entire Library

...2) The draft riots erupted on July...police officers. The rioters then marched to...four days, the riot finally ended when...force to quell the riot, much to the regret...to put down the riots, he could not accede...force and punish the rioters, to use "no childs...plan to quell the riot the next morning...ammunition to quell the riots. The general ordered...details to monitor the rioters and report their...

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Magazine Articles on: riots and rioters

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Disarmed Britons Helpless against Rioters

Magazine article by Neil W. McCabe; Human Events, Vol. 67, August 22, 2011

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Bans, Firearm laws & regulations, Riots, Violence

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...Disarmed Britons Helpless against Rioters by Neil W. McCabe A leading...Party immediately jumped on the riots and blamed them on the austerity...While I was there, the riots spread from London to Manchester...short order." An image of the riots that stays with her is tiie police in riot gear standing in from of a...
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Yes, Asian Rioters Were Maniacs: They Gave Themselves Up to the Police

Magazine article by Darcus Howe; New Statesman, Vol. 131, September 16, 2002

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Asians in foreign countries--Demonstrations, protests, etc., Blunkett, David--Political activity, Justice, Administration of--United Kingdom, Political activists--United Kingdom, Teenage immigrants--Demonstrations, protests, etc.

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Yes, Asian Rioters Were Maniacs: They Gave Themselves Up to the Police. by Darcus Howe...the Asian youths arrested and convicted for their part in last summers riots in northern cities. These youths were trapped in isolation and poverty...
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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 la Riots: an Hr Diary by Charlene...assaulted. The Los Angeles riots had begun. Four bold...emergency room would see 300 riot victims before Saturday...throughout the area. Gangs of rioters had reduced stores to...on the status of the riot. Soon they would erect...Immediately following the riots the company estimated...
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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

Subjects:

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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...minimal (compared to riots of the period), and...the ground" (as the riot leaders had threatened...role in the 68 Chicago riots, providing its office...invitation to the revolution. Riot about something real...entire country. Why Riot? Whether or not the Chicago rioters of 68 intended it, the...Exploiting the Chicago riots and the string of similar...
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Muslim Immigrant Riots, Part Deux: Arson Attacks Escalate on the Anniversary of the Deadly 2005 Riots, While French Politicians Mimic American Politicians with Tough-on-Immigration Rhetoric

Magazine article by William F. Jasper; The New American, Vol. 22, November 27, 2006

Subjects:

Emigration and immigration law--Political aspects, France--Social policy, Immigrants--Political activity, Immigrants--Political aspects, Immigration law--Political aspects, Muslims--Political activity, Muslims--Political aspects, Riots--Political aspects

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...anniversary of Frances 2005 riots. A year ago, France was convulsed...violence since the radical student riots of the 1960s, as Muslim immigrant...buildings and clashed with riot police, during a month-long...instance, that last years rioters were not merely "disaffected...The carnage of last years riots stirred a major political backlash...

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Newspaper Articles on: riots and rioters

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ARDOYNE RIOTS: Rioters Upload Violent Film Clips on Internet

Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), July 29, 2010

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Riots

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

ARDOYNE RIOTS: Rioters Upload Violent Film Clips on Internet...events which gives an insight into the rioters mindset.
rioters to be more ruthless when attacking the...
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Gang Culture 'Not to Blame for Riots' One in Three Young Rioters Was Excluded

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), October 25, 2011

Subjects:

Gangs--Demonstrations and protests, Riots

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

Gang Culture Not to Blame for Riots One in Three Young Rioters Was Excluded. Byline: Wesley...youngsters involved in this summers riots had been excluded from school...appeared before the courts over the riots had received one or more fixed...
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During the Toxteth Riots I Saw a Photo of a Rioter in the Liverpool Echo. It Was Leroy, a Boy I Knew Well

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 12, 2011

Subjects:

Riots--Personal narratives

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

During the Toxteth Riots I Saw a Photo of a Rioter in the Liverpool Echo...friends were mown down by a rioters car as they tried to...Liverpool when the Toxteth riots erupted in July 1981...a photo of one of the rioters. It was Leroy, a young...figure is a potential rioter or vandal, with no moral...
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Riots 'Wake-Up Call' for Justice System; Vast Majority of Rioters Had Convictions

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), September 7, 2011

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Administration of criminal justice--Demonstrations and protests, Criminal justice, Administration of--Demonstrations and protests, Riots

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

Riots Wake-Up Call for Justice System; Vast Majority of Rioters Had Convictions. Byline...Mayor Boris Johnson said the riots were a result of a "broken...sentencing in the wake of the riots, he added: "I think the...to make you more likely to riot? It was previous contact with...
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Let's Get London's Riots into the Right Perspective; Reaction by Press, Pundits and Politicians to the Student Protests Has Been as Hysterical as the Rioters Themselves

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 14, 2010

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Riots

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

Lets Get Londons Riots into the Right Perspective...as Hysterical as the Rioters Themselves. Byline...hysterical and foolish as the riots themselves. These have...met their match in the riot squad, who I often think...the arrival of the riot squad, armed like gladiators...public reaction to the riots. We seem unable to keep...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: riots and rioters

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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

...assembly. Under British law, the Riot Act (1716) required that a...reach their goal. There is a riot if violence actually results...peace) commands bystanders at a riot to help him in repressing it...pain of themselves being deemed rioters. The First Amendment to the...
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New York , City, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...leadership of Gov. Horatio Seymour most supported the Union. However, in 1863 the draft riots broke out in protest against the federal Conscription Act. The rioters many of whom were Irish and other recent immigrants directed most of their anger against...
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Haiti

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...prices led to antigovernment and anti-UN protests and riots in a number of Haitian cities in Apr., 2008; in Port-au-Prince rioters attempted to storm the presidenital palace. The riots led the Senate to dismiss the prime minister; two nominees...
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Gordon, Lord George

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...activities resulted in the tragic Gordon riots of 1780 in London. In 1779, Gordon assumed...people were killed and injured. Some 21 rioters were executed, but Gordon was acquitted...Erskine. Dickens vividly described the riots in Barnaby Rudge...

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