Why Don't American Cities Burn?
(Part of the The City in the Twenty-First Century Series)
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At 1:27 on the morning of August 4, 2005, Herbert Manes fatally stabbed Robert Monroe, known as Shorty, in a dispute over five dollars. It was a horrific yet mundane incident for the poor, heavily African American neighborhood of North Philadelphia--one of seven homicides to occur in the city that day and yet not make the major newspapers. For Michael B. Katz, an urban historian and a juror on the murder trial, the story of Manes and Shorty exemplified...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0812243862
ISBN13:9780812243864
Release Date:December 2011
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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