Post-war Riots in America, 1919 and 1946: How the Pressures of War Exacerbated American Urban Tensions to the Breaking PointE. Mellen Press, 1991 - 167 páginas This is a detailed examination of riots in Washington, D.C., and Omaha, Nebraska, in 1919 and in Athens, Alabama, and Athens, Tennessee, in 1946, including assessment of the reasons why local police were unable to quell the riots without assistance from outside authorities in all four cases. |
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