Author: Carl SandburgPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
The Chicago Race Riots, July, 1919
Author: Carl SandburgPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Report of the Committee Appointed in the Government of India to Investigate the Disturbances in the Punjab, Etc
Author: India. Committee on Disturbances in Bombay, Delhi, and the PunjabPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amritsar (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
A Few Red Drops
Author: Claire HartfieldPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544785134
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally floating close to the "white" beach. An angry white man began throwing stones at the boys, striking and killing one. Racial conflict on the beach erupted into days of urban violence that shook the city of Chicago to its foundations. This mesmerizing narrative draws on contemporary accounts as it traces the roots of the explosion that had been building for decades in race relations, politics, business, and clashes of culture. Archival photos and prints, source notes, bibliography, index.
Report
Author: Canada. Department of LabourPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor and laboring classes
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The Butcher of Amritsar
Author: Nigel CollettPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9781852855758
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
On 13 April 1919, General Reginald Dyer marched a squad of Indian soldiers into the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, and opened fire without warning on a crowd gathered to hear political speeches. This is an account of the massacre set in the context of a biography of a man whose attitudes reflected many of the views common in the Raj.
Reporting the Raj
Author: Chandrika KaulPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526119765
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
This book is the first analysis of the dynamics of British press reporting of India and the attempts made by the British Government to manipulate press coverage as part of a strategy of imperial control. The press was an important forum for debate over the future of India and was used by significant groups within the political elite to advance their agendas. Focuses on a period which represented a critical transitional phase in the history of the Raj, witnessing the impact of the First World War, major constitutional reform initiatives, the tragedy of the Amritsar massacre, and the launching of Gandhi’s mass movement. Asserts that the War was a watershed in official media manipulation and in the aftermath of the conflict the Government’s previously informal and ad hoc attempts to shape press reporting were placed on a more formal basis.
Red Summer
Author: Cameron McWhirterPublisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429972939
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
A narrative history of America's deadliest episode of race riots and lynchings After World War I, black Americans fervently hoped for a new epoch of peace, prosperity, and equality. Black soldiers believed their participation in the fight to make the world safe for democracy finally earned them rights they had been promised since the close of the Civil War. Instead, an unprecedented wave of anti-black riots and lynchings swept the country for eight months. From April to November of 1919, the racial unrest rolled across the South into the North and the Midwest, even to the nation's capital. Millions of lives were disrupted, and hundreds of lives were lost. Blacks responded by fighting back with an intensity and determination never seen before. Red Summer is the first narrative history written about this epic encounter. Focusing on the worst riots and lynchings—including those in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Charleston, Omaha and Knoxville—Cameron McWhirter chronicles the mayhem, while also exploring the first stirrings of a civil rights movement that would transform American society forty years later.
Public Health Reports
Author: Annual Report of the Director of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
From Victoria to Vladivostok
Author: Benjamin IsittPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774818034
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
This groundbreaking book brings to life a forgotten chapter in the history of Canada and Russia – the journey of 4,200 Canadian soldiers from Victoria to Vladivostok in 1918 to help defeat Bolshevism. Combining military and labour history with the social history of BC, Quebec, and Russia, Benjamin Isitt examines how the Siberian Expedition exacerbated tensions within Canadian society at a time when a radicalized working class, many French-Canadians, and even the soldiers themselves objected to a military adventure designed to counter the Russian Revolution. The result is a highly readable and provocative work that challenges public memory of the First World War while illuminating tensions – both in Canada and worldwide – that shaped the course of twentieth-century history.