Emily Brooks
@EmilyMBrooksPhD
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Historian. NYPL CES Curriculum Writer. Cat lover. Late to twitter. views my own. https://t.co/RqeflCkD8X
Joined July 2021
stunning cowardice, hypocrisy, and disrespect for the membership! I, like hundreds of other members who voted in support of this resolution, sat on the ground outside the packed meeting hall (despite being 7 months pregnant and tired) to vote in-person against scholasticide.
Stunning cowardice by the AHA Council. For shame. "The Council considers the Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza ... to contravene the Association’s Constitution and Bylaws because it lies outside the scope of the Association’s mission and purpose." https://t.co/fq4kS8nLhG
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really enjoyed reviewing @llassabe's fantastic and necessary Resistance from the Right for @contingent_mag ! Required reading for all of us these days! https://t.co/bJ98dkXv4K
contingentmagazine.org
Essential reading for anyone interested in higher education or Republican politics, either today or in the past.
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Check out part two of our joint interview series! Had a great conversation with @mguariglia about his new book.
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Had fun chatting about my book and researching and writing policing history! Stay tuned for part two where I interview @mguariglia about his book.
New at PB, @mguariglia interviews @EmilyMBrooksPhD about her new book “Gotham’s War within a War,” which explores the emergence of a new model of racist and sexist policing under reform Mayor Fiorello La Guardia.
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Tomorrow!! Going to be a great conversation!
Excited to work with @GothamCenter again to talk about policing during 1930s/40s NYC with @EmilyMBrooksPhD . We'll talk about our new books, The Politics of Safety & Emily's Gotham's War Within A War both published by @UNC_Press
https://t.co/FLHoVqzD2F
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absolutely wild. further criminalizing people in public space + feeding false narratives about how nyc is crime city. Also, subway cops, like many current police practices, date back to the 1930s. For more about how 1930s shaped policing today read Gotham’s War within a War.
New: Gov. Hochul announces that she is deploying 750 National Guard members into the NYC subways to conduct bag checks, in addition to another 250 law enforcement members. She is also proposing a bill to ban people convicted of a violent crime on the subway from public transit
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Maryland and DC people! Come hang out with me at this book event at People's Book in Takoma Park in a few weeks! and thank you to @EdgeofSports for encouraging me to come!! https://t.co/Xbg5kJbKNl
peoplesbooktakoma.com
Come join us and Emily Brooks for her book “Gotham’s War within a War: Policing and the Birth of Law-and-Order Liberalism in World War II-Era New York City.” Emily Brooks is a his…
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Excited to be chatting about Gotham’s War within a War and A League of their Own(!!!!) tomorrow with #HATM
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Environmental history folks, apply!! This is going to be such a fun and cool position!!
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Had fun chatting with @jefflamson2 for @NewBooksNetwork about Gotham's War within a War from @UNC_Press
https://t.co/HkwlJFZFRs
newbooksnetwork.com
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In the 1930s Mayor LaGuardia argued more police meant that city gov was working for all + creating a safer city. He was wrong; the policies were grossly racist even in a period of generous social policy. With today's austerity these ideas are catastrophic
nytimes.com
The mayor said that not only would there be no police hiring freeze, but that 600 recruits were on the way. Libraries still face budget reductions.
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I’m not at AHA this year but delighted to see Gotham’s War within a War at the @UNC_Press display with so many other amazing books! (Check her at the far left!) get that conf discount!
👋 #AHA24 @AHAhistorians! Our exhibit is open for browsing. Pick up a flyer, use our show discount promo code 01DAH40 for 40% off, and learn about our new series Black Women’s History and Latinx Histories.
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I’m so excited to see this generous review for Gotham’s War within a War from @douglasflowe , whose work I’ve long admired and learned so much from!
Happy New Year from all of us at Gotham 🎉 To start 2024, Douglas Flowe reviews Emily Brooks' new work: Gotham's War Within a War @douglasflowe @unc_press @emilymbrooksphd
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merry xmas to those of us wrapping xmas presents in our own book advertisements! The gift that keeps on giving! @UNC_Press @nybooks
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100%!! Programs, collections, maintenance etc all will suffer! not to mention all the other city agencies and programs (DOE, 3K, composting etc) that will all suffer under these unnecessary and dangerous cuts
FYI library budget cuts don’t just affect service hours! Usually if enough people request popular books like these, the system auto-purchases more copies. But because of Adams’ cuts, we can make fewer purchases, allow fewer requests, and avg wait times, already ~27 days, go up.
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4/4 If you want to learn more about the history of the NYPD and city government you can check out my book from @UNC_Press
https://t.co/bFLQwyZkWJ
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3/4 mass presence of NYPD in subway is misuse of city funding, but also issue of racial and economic justice, as @BaharOstadan shows in the excellent article because of huge increase in arrests for fare evasion and racial disparities in those arrests
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2/4 many working people need to use libraries on weekends and for parents libraries are the only free warm place to take children on weekends. libraries are closing on weekends because those are most expensive days to staff so closing on a weekday does not save as much $.
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few thoughts on responses to this 1/4 fact that some think state reimbursement of 60 mill of this 155 mill negates my point shows that many people have no idea how much larger nypd budget is compared to other agencies. just 20 million in cuts = devastating to city's libraries
this should be a career-ending scandal for Adams. He is currently gutting all essential services, which could easily be covered by a mere portion of these funs. Public libraries will likely now close Saturdays as well as Sunday, just for starters. https://t.co/rnK8USqIkR
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