The roots of rough justice : origins of American lynching /

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In this deeply researched prequel to his 2006 study 'Rough Justice: Lynching and American Society, 1874-1947', Pfeifer analyzes the foundations of lynching in American social history.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pfeifer, Michael J. (Michael James), 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Lynching > United States > History.
Culture conflict > United States > History.
Social control > United States > History.
Capital punishment > Social aspects > United States > History.
Discrimination in capital punishment > United States > History.
Lynchage > États-Unis > Histoire.
Conflit culturel > États-Unis > Histoire.
Contrôle social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Peine de mort > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Discrimination dans l'application de la peine de mort > États-Unis > Histoire.
TRUE CRIME > General.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Capital punishment > Social aspects
Culture conflict
Discrimination in capital punishment
Lynching
Social control
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Collective violence in the British Atlantic
  • Vigilantes, criminal justice, and Antebellum cultural conflict
  • Racial and class frontiers: lynching and social identity in Antebellum America
  • Lynchers versus due process: the forging of rough justice
  • The Civil War and reconstruction and the remaking of American lynching
  • Epilogue.

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