The Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge Summary
T. J. English

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The Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge Summary

Author T.J. English introduces 'The Savage City' with a brief retrospect outlining the events leading up to what he describes as the inevitable hostilities pervading New York during the 1960's. He explains that his book discusses the ten-year period from 1963-1973 when New York City descended into mayhem. These events began not in New York, but far away and in the unlikely setting of rural Clarksdale, Mississippi. It was here...

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