Writing style
Academic · Dense · Essayistic
Apple BooksThe New Jim Crow
Social science
- First published
- 2010
- Print length
- 312 pagesNew Press, 2012
Description
Michelle Alexander examines mass incarceration and race-related discrimination in the United States, with particular attention to the experiences of African American men. Her central argument uses Jim Crow as a metaphor for the modern system of mass incarceration. The book also connects the patterns it discusses to other minority groups and to economically disadvantaged people. Its scope therefore reaches beyond one community while keeping the relationship between incarceration and racial discrimination at the center. Alexander’s comparison provides the organizing idea for an account of how mass incarceration is understood alongside race and economic disadvantage in American life.
Reading profile
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Pace
Measured
Tone
Cerebral · Dark · Earnest
Structure
Argumentative
Focus
Argument · Ideas
Emotional intensity
4 / 5
Reading complexity
1–5 · higher means more demanding- Writing
- 4 / 5
- Ideas
- 4 / 5
- Structure
- 3 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 2 / 5
Themes
Book details
For the print edition listed above.
- Publisher
- New Press
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781595586438
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