| Description |
xi, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-228) and index. |
| Contents |
"The most disgusting objects of both sexes" : gender and race in the episodic crime news of the 1830s -- The cult of dead womanhood : protectors, villains, and victims in the origins of serialized crime news -- "The innocent cause of all these troubles" : black victims and the 1863 anti-draft riots -- "The malicious and untruthful white press" : lynch narratives and criminalization -- Monopolists of reason : the demise of sentimental crime reporting -- From the war on poverty to the war on crime -- Criminalizing black culture. |
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The most disgusting objects of both sexes? : gender and race in the episodic crime news of the 1830s -- The cult of dead womanhood : protectors, villains, and victims in the origins of serialized crime news -- The innocent cause of all these troubles? : black victims and the 1863 anti-draft riots -- The malicious and untruthful white press? : lynch narratives and criminalization -- Monopolists of reason : the demise of sentimental crime reporting -- From the war on poverty to the war on crime -- Criminalizing black culture. |
| Subject |
Crime and the press -- United States -- History.
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Crime and the press. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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African Americans -- Press coverage -- History.
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African Americans -- Press coverage. |
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Women -- Press coverage -- United States -- History.
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Women -- Press coverage. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
| ISBN |
0415374928 paperback alkaline paper |
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0415374812 hardback alkaline paper |
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9780415374811 hardback alkaline paper |
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9780415374927 paperback alkaline paper |
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