Lynching : American mob murder in global perspective /

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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 un...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thurston, Robert W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2011.
Temas:
Lynching > United States.
Racism > United States.
African Americans > Crimes against.
Lynching.
Racism.
Lynchage > États-Unis.
Racisme > États-Unis.
Noirs américains > Crimes contre.
Lynchage.
Racisme.
TRUE CRIME > General.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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