Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919
- ISBN-10
- 0252065867
- ISBN-13
- 9780252065866
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 305
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1970
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Author
- William M. Tuttle
Description
An examination of urban-industrial life in the early twentieth century looks at the Chicago riot of 1919 and explores post-World War I racial strife.
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