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The introduction contrasts popular respect for conventional politics with the stigma attached to unrest, then examines liberal, conservative, and some radical critiques. The book organizes its argument through themes such as property’s racial roots, looting as emancipation, the politics of police violence, and contested notions of nonviolence, culminating in a reflection tied to Ferguson.","IN DEFENSE OF LOOTING  \nIN DEFENSE OF LOOTING  \nA Riotous History of Uncivil Action  \nVICKY OSTERWEIL  \nNew York  \nCopyright © 2020 by Vicky Osterweil Cover design by Pete Garceau Cover image © Getty Images  \nCover copyright © 2020 Hachette Book Group, Inc.  \nHachette Book Group supports the right to free expression and the value of copyright. The purpose of copyright is to encourage writers and artists to produce the creative works that enrich our culture.  \nThe scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book without permission is a theft of the author’s intellectual property. If you would like permission to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), please [contact permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank](contact permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank)[you for your support of the author](you for your support of the author)’[s](s) rights.  \nBold Type Books  \n116 East 16th Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10003 [www.boldtypebooks.org](www.boldtypebooks.org)  \n@BoldTypeBooks  \nPrinted in the United States of America First Edition: August 2020  \nPublished by Bold Type Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Bold Type Books is a co-publishing venture of the Type Media Center and Perseus Books.  \nThe Hachette Speakers Bureau provides a wide range of authors for speaking events. To find out more, go to [www.hachettespeakersbureau.com](www.hachettespeakersbureau.com) or call (866) 376-6591. The publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher.  \nPrint book interior design by Linda Mark  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Osterweil, Vicky, author.  \nTitle: In defense of looting : a riotous history of uncivil action / Vicky Osterweil.  \nDescription: First edition. | New York City, NY : Bold Type Books, October 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nIdentifiers: LCCN 2020022054 | ISBN 978-1-64503-669-2 (hardcover) | ISBN 978-1-64503-667-8 (ebook)  \nSubjects: LCSH: Riots. | Pillage—Political aspects. | Pillage—Social aspects.  \nClassification: LCC HV6474 .O88 2020 | DDC 363.32/309—dc23  \nLC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2020022054](https://lccn.loc.gov/2020022054)  \nISBN 978-1-64503-669-2 (hardcover), ISBN 978-1-64503-667-8 (ebook) LSC-C  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nFor Clark, Anna, and Pablo, see you on the other side  \nContents  \nINTRODUCTION 1  \none: THE RACIAL ROOTS OF PROPERTY 21  \ntwo: LOOTING EMANCIPATION 39  \nthree: ALL COPS ARE BASTARDS 71  \nfour: WHITE RIOT 91  \nfive: LOOTED BREAD, STOLEN LABOR 123  \nsix: NO SUCH THING AS NONVIOLENCE 149  \nseven: USING GUNS NONVIOLENTLY 169  \neight: CIVIL RIOTS 189  \nnine: THE INHUMANITY OF LOOTERS 219  \nCONCLUSION: OUT OF THE FLAMES OF FERGUSON 241  \nAcknowledgments 251  \nNotes 253  \nIndex 265  \nINTRODUCTION  \nO f the many forms of political action in twenty-first  \ncentury America, it’s hard to think of any less popular than rioting and looting. 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