{"product_id":"street-wars-tom-hayden-9781565848764","title":"Street Wars: Gangs and the Future of Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gripping and honest account of the culture of gangs, \u003ci\u003eStreet Wars\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone concerned about cities, violence, and the future of urban youth. Though never officially acknowledged, over 25,000 young people have died in America's gang wars since 1980. In cities across America, members of the Crips, Bloods, Mara Salvatrucha, 18th Street, Latin Kings, Blackstone Rangers, and Gangster Disciples are like traumatized war veterans with no way home. Drawn from ten years spent as an activist and public official working to understand and prevent gang violence in Los Angeles, \u003ci\u003eStreet Wars\u003c\/i\u003e is Tom Hayden's searing indictment of the neoconservative politics of law and order that dominate current policy and suffocate inner-city youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving together cutting analysis and numerous firsthand stories from gang leaders, Hayden shows how the prison industrial complex reinforces gang identity through humiliation and punishment, and reveals how globalization has created a force of unemployable men and women around the world who are defined as incorrigible, outside law and community. The final chapters advocate an internal peace process based on ideas of the New Deal to address the devastation of America's urban youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Hayden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1565848764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781565848764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 6.44w x 1.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/17\/2004 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2004 pg. 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/09\/2005 pg. 14","brand":"Tom Hayden","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939666723071,"sku":"9781565848764","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_031fe496-7e79-4e67-b24a-0da01a0274b6.jpg?v=1681442810","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/street-wars-tom-hayden-9781565848764","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}