Race, Media, and the Crisis of Civil Society : From Watts to Rodney King

Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1(18) Race, media, and multiple publics 19(12) Historicizing the public spheres: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago 31(23) The Watts uprisings of 1965 54(27) The Rodney King beating 81(32) Rodney King 1992 113(27) Conclusion 140(12) Notes 152(23) Bibliography 175(11) Index 186