City of Inmates by Kelly Lytle Hernández

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Los Angeles incarcerates more people than any other city in the US, which imprisons more people than any other nation on Earth. This book explains how the City of Angels became the capital city of the world's leading incarcerator. Kelly Lytle Hernandez unmasks how histories of native elimination, immigrant exclusion, and black disappearance drove the rise of incarceration in Los Angeles.

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City of Inmates by Kelly Lytle Hernández

Los Angeles incarcerates more people than any other city in the US, which imprisons more people than any other nation on Earth. This book explains how the City of Angels became the capital city of the world's leading incarcerator. Kelly Lytle Hernandez unmasks how histories of native elimination, immigrant exclusion, and black disappearance drove the rise of incarceration in Los Angeles.
Kelly Lytle Hernandez is associate professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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ISBN 13 9781469631189
ISBN 10 1469631180
Title City of Inmates
Author Kelly Lytle Hernández
Series Justice Power And Politics
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Year published 2017-02-28
Number of pages 288
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