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Author Zamalin, Alex, 1986- author.

Title Against civility : the hidden racism in our obsession with civility / Alex Zamalin.

Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  305.8009 ZAM    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  305.8009 ZAMALIN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  305.8009 ZAMALIN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.8 ZAM    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  305.8 ZAM    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  305.8 ZAMALIN    Check Shelf
Description 175 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Civility has never been neutral in its uses and impacts -- Civility distracts from inequality -- Civic radicals make do with what they have -- Civic radicals believe racism is structural rather than only personal -- Civic radicals speak truth to power -- Civility is deployed when democratic movements are on the rise and reactionaries are on the ropes.
Summary "A sweeping political and intellectual history of the way that civility has been used to maintain racial inequality"-- Provided by publisher
Subject Racism -- United States -- History.
Courtesy -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
Political culture -- United States -- History.
Equality -- United States -- History.
Protest movements -- United States -- History.
United States -- Race relations -- History.
HISTORY -- United States -- General.
Equality. (OCoLC)fst00914456
Political culture. (OCoLC)fst01069263
Protest movements. (OCoLC)fst01079826
Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Zamalin, Alex, 1986- Against civility. Boston : Beacon Press, [2021] 9780807026564 (DLC) 2020022048
ISBN 9780807026540 (hardcover)
0807026549 (hardcover)
9780807026564 (ebook)
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