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• Introduction 1. 'The Most Disgusting Objects of Both Sexes': Gender and Race in the Episodic Crime News of the 1830s 2. The Cult of Dead Womanhood: Protectors, Villains, and Victims in the Origins of Serialized Crime News 3. 'The Innocent Cause of All These Troubles': Black Victims and the 1863 Anti-Draft Riots 4. 'The Malicious and Untruthful White Press': Lynch Narratives and Criminalization 5. Monopolists of Reason: The Demise of Sentimental Crime Reporting 6. From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime 7. Criminalizing Black Culture

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• Introduction 1. 'The Most Disgusting Objects of Both Sexes': Gender and Race in the Episodic Crime News of the 1830s 2. The Cult of Dead Womanhood: Protectors, Villains, and Victims in the Origins of Serialized Crime News 3. 'The Innocent Cause of All These Troubles': Black Victims and the 1863 Anti-Draft Riots 4. 'The Malicious and Untruthful White Press': Lynch Narratives and Criminalization 5. Monopolists of Reason: The Demise of Sentimental Crime Reporting 6. From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime 7. Criminalizing Black Culture

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• Introduction 1. 'The Most Disgusting Objects of Both Sexes': Gender and Race in the Episodic Crime News of the 1830s 2. The Cult of Dead Womanhood: Protectors, Villains, and Victims in the Origins of Serialized Crime News 3. 'The Innocent Cause of All These Troubles': Black Victims and the 1863 Anti-Draft Riots 4. 'The Malicious and Untruthful White Press': Lynch Narratives and Criminalization 5. Monopolists of Reason: The Demise of Sentimental Crime Reporting 6. From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime 7. Criminalizing Black Culture