Malcolm Mc Laughlin’s work presents a detailed analysis of the East St. Louis race riot in 1917, offering new insights into the construction of white identity and racism. He illuminates the ‘world of East St Louis’, life in its factories and neighborhoods, its popular culture, and City Hall politics, to place the race riot in the context of the city’s urban development.
Table of Content
Introduction * Part One: East St. Louis and Its World * East St. Louis Transformed: The Emergence of an Industrial City * The Structure of Power * Popular Culture, Race, and Violence * Part Two: Race Riot * Race Riot: The Conjuncture *Anatomy of the Killing * ‘Hot Lead from the Race Quarters’: Black East St. Louis and Self-Defense * Conclusion * Epilogue * Bibliography
About the author
Malcolm Mc Laughlin is Lecturer in American Studies at the University of East Anglia, in Great Britain. This is his first book.
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