Race Riot at East St. Louis, July 2, 1917

".. . a well-researched and thoughtful inquiry into the circumstances andsocial forces producing one of the most violent of twentieth-century Americanrace riots."-- American Historical Review"His work fills a seriousgap in the history of racial violence in the United States. Never beforeanalyzed by sociologists in the way that the Chicago and Detroit riotswere, the East St. Louis riot outranked both as measured by the numberof deaths."-- American Journal of Sociology