Summer of hate : Charlosttesville, USA /
In August 2017, violence erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, during two days of demonstrations by white supremacists, neo-Nazis and counterprotestors, including members of antifa and Black Lives Matter. Ostensibly motivated by the city's plans to remove Confederate statues from two public par...
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| Language: | English |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2018.
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| Summary: | In August 2017, violence erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, during two days of demonstrations by white supremacists, neo-Nazis and counterprotestors, including members of antifa and Black Lives Matter. Ostensibly motivated by the city's plans to remove Confederate statues from two public parks, members of the alt-right descended first on the University of Virginia and then on the city's downtown. As these violent and ultimately deadly events gripped the attention of the nation, extensive coverage in both mainstream and fringe media promulgated competing narratives. "Summer of Hate" is investigative journalist Hawes Spencer's unbiased, probing account of August 11 and 12. Telling the story from the perspectives of figures on all sides of the demonstrations, Spencer, who reported from Charlottesville for the "New York Times," carefully recreates what happened and why. |
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| Physical Description: | 247 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 081394208X 9780813942087 9780813942070 0813942071 |