| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 427 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
The processes of lynching around the world -- The roots of mob murder : crises of legitimacy, dangers of the frontier -- Concepts of crime and justice in lynching -- Race, civilization, and sexuality : a global conversation -- Reordering racism : imperialism and the challenges of new contact in the nineteenth century -- The body revealed in the Anglo-American world, 1885-1914 -- The world of Southern racism : the long education of a Georgia gentleman -- Atlanta in turmoil : the white elite reacts to murder -- From burning women to protect and action -- Conclusion: The difficulty of seeing lynching |
| Summary |
Addressing one of the most controversial and emotive issues of American history, this book presents a thorough re-examination of the background, dynamics and decline of American lynching. It argues that collective homicide in the US cannot be properly understood solely through a discussion of the unsettled southern political situation after 1865, but must be seen against a global conversation about changing cultural meanings of 'race', as well as concepts of concepts of imperialism, gender, sexuality and 'civilization' |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Lynching -- United States
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Racism -- United States
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African Americans -- Crimes against.
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Lynching.
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Racism.
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TRUE CRIME -- General.
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African Americans -- Crimes against
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Lynching
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Racism
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010033256 |
| ISBN |
9781409409090 |
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1409409090 |
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