{"product_id":"black-silent-majority-michael-javen-fortner-9780674743991","title":"Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment","description":"Aggressive policing and draconian sentencing have disproportionately imprisoned millions of African Americans for drug-related offenses. Michael Javen Fortner shows that in the 1970s these punitive policies toward addicts and pushers enjoyed the support of many working-class and middle-class blacks, angry about the chaos in their own neighborhoods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Javen Fortner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674743997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674743991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.80w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/27\/2015 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/04\/2015 pg. 26","brand":"Michael Javen Fortner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44717157515519,"sku":"9780674743991","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1385662f-abae-44e2-b3fb-a4d8a216af69.jpg?v=1705687199","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-silent-majority-michael-javen-fortner-9780674743991","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}