{"product_id":"violent-utopia-9781478016014","title":"Violent Utopia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJovan Scott Lewis retells the history and afterlife of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre and its century-long legacy of dispossession, placing it in a larger historical and social context of widespread anti-Black racism and segregation in Tulsa and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eViolent Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e’s findings shed a searching light on Oklahoman history but are not limited to or by it. Whilst humble enough to only define itself as a ‘minor contribution’ to the reparations movement, \u003ci\u003eViolent Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e’s great strength is an analytical dexterity that studiously balances the dialectical dance of anti-Black violence and Black freedom dreams.\" -- Thomas Cryer * LSE Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e“This thought-provoking book is worth reading. It shows that much can be learned from studying Black communities from a critical race perspective.” -- Robert L. Boyd * Ethnic and Racial Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"Skillfully incorporates the tools of geography, ethnography, and history to investigate issues surrounding reparations and what they might accomplish for the African American community. . . . Highly recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"Lewis's \u003ci\u003eViolent Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh and nuanced perspective on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and its legacies. ... The book is a stellar ethnohistorical model for scholars.\" -- Jajuan Johnson * Journal of Southern History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Violence  21\u003cbr\u003e 2. Inheritance  55\u003cbr\u003e 3. Restoration  93\u003cbr\u003e 4. Repair  131\u003cbr\u003e 5. Territory  174\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion  210\u003cbr\u003e Notes  223\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  239\u003cbr\u003e Index  251","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409000735063,"sku":"9781478016014","price":74.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478016014.jpg?v=1730505041","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/violent-utopia-9781478016014","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}