What looting in civil disturbances really means / [book] Russell Dynes.
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TextPublication details: St. Louis : Washington University, c1968.Description: 6 p. ; 30 cmReview: In March and April of 1968, there were civil disturbances in Memphis, Washington DC, Chicago, Pittsburg and Baltimore. Many films and photgraphs were taken of people looting other people's property. These looting incidents conformed to the pattern, for according to many reports people many be found looting when a community is having certain kinds of crises. One of these crises is caused by a natural disaster - a flood, hurricane, and so forth. And the other is caused by civil disturbance, like the ones that have hit America cities every summer since the Watts outbreak of August 1965.
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In March and April of 1968, there were civil disturbances in Memphis, Washington DC, Chicago, Pittsburg and Baltimore. Many films and photgraphs were taken of people looting other people's property. These looting incidents conformed to the pattern, for according to many reports people many be found looting when a community is having certain kinds of crises. One of these crises is caused by a natural disaster - a flood, hurricane, and so forth. And the other is caused by civil disturbance, like the ones that have hit America cities every summer since the Watts outbreak of August 1965.
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