{"product_id":"from-the-war-on-poverty-to-the-war-on-crime-the-making-of-mass-incarceration-in-america-9780674979826","title":"From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America","description":"\u003cp\u003eCo-Winner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Favorite Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Favorite Book of the Year \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the United States today, one in every thirty-one adults is under some form of penal control, including one in eleven African American men. How did the \"land of the free\" become the home of the world's largest prison system? Challenging the belief that America's prison problem originated with the Reagan administration's War on Drugs, Elizabeth Hinton traces the rise of mass incarceration to an ironic source: the social welfare programs of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society at the height of the civil rights era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An extraordinary and important new book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Jill Lepore, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hinton's book is more than an argument; it is a revelation...There are moments that will make your skin crawl...This is history, but the implications for today are striking. Readers will learn how the militarization of the police that we've witnessed in Ferguson and elsewhere had roots in the 1960s.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Imani Perry, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHinton, Elizabeth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Elizabeth Hinton is Associate Professor of History and African American Studies at Yale University and Professor of Law at Yale Law School. \u003ci\u003eFrom the War on Poverty to the War on Crime \u003c\/i\u003ereceived widespread acclaim and was named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and one of \u003ci\u003eOprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Books to Better Understand the History of Racism in America.\"","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607676555538,"sku":"9780674979826","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_52c88f1d-45a9-44ce-ba9d-3cdf604e8ab6.jpg?v=1732311960","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/from-the-war-on-poverty-to-the-war-on-crime-the-making-of-mass-incarceration-in-america-9780674979826","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}