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The New Jim Crow

Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

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5 of 11 copies available
One of the New York Times's Best Books of the 21st Century


Named one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly‚ Slate‚ Chronicle of Higher Education‚ Literary Hub, Book Riot‚ and Zora

A tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller—"one of the most influential books of the past 20 years," according to the Chronicle of Higher Education—with a new preface by the author

"It is in no small part thanks to Alexander's account that civil rights organizations such as Black Lives Matter have focused so much of their energy on the criminal justice system."
—Adam Shatz, London Review of Books

Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project and the new $100 million Art for Justice Fund; it has been the winner of numerous prizes, including the prestigious NAACP Image Award; and it has spent nearly 250 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

Most important of all, it has spawned a whole generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations motivated by Michelle Alexander's unforgettable argument that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." As the Birmingham News proclaimed, it is "undoubtedly the most important book published in this century about the U.S."

Now, ten years after it was first published, The New Press is proud to issue a tenth-anniversary edition with a new preface by Michelle Alexander that discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today.


Publisher: The New Press

Kindle Book

  • Release date: January 7, 2020

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781620971949
  • Release date: January 7, 2020

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781620971949
  • File size: 1757 KB
  • Release date: January 7, 2020

PDF ebook

  • ISBN: 9781620971949
  • File size: 3274 KB
  • Release date: January 7, 2020

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5 of 11 copies available

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
PDF ebook

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1390
Text Difficulty:12

One of the New York Times's Best Books of the 21st Century


Named one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly‚ Slate‚ Chronicle of Higher Education‚ Literary Hub, Book Riot‚ and Zora

A tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller—"one of the most influential books of the past 20 years," according to the Chronicle of Higher Education—with a new preface by the author

"It is in no small part thanks to Alexander's account that civil rights organizations such as Black Lives Matter have focused so much of their energy on the criminal justice system."
—Adam Shatz, London Review of Books

Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project and the new $100 million Art for Justice Fund; it has been the winner of numerous prizes, including the prestigious NAACP Image Award; and it has spent nearly 250 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

Most important of all, it has spawned a whole generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations motivated by Michelle Alexander's unforgettable argument that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." As the Birmingham News proclaimed, it is "undoubtedly the most important book published in this century about the U.S."

Now, ten years after it was first published, The New Press is proud to issue a tenth-anniversary edition with a new preface by Michelle Alexander that discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today.


  • Publisher:
    The New Press

    Kindle Book
    Release date: January 7, 2020

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781620971949
    Release date: January 7, 2020

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781620971949
    File size: 1757 KB
    Release date: January 7, 2020

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781620971949
    File size: 3274 KB
    Release date: January 7, 2020

  • Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • English
  • Lexile® Measure: 1390
    Text Difficulty: 12
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