Democracy Abroad, Lynching at Home : Racial Violence in Florida /

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In this book, Tameka Hobbs investigates the history of racial violence and lynchings in Florida, focusing especially on a string of brutal lynchings that occurred during the 1940s. She argues that these lynchings created difficult diplomatic moments during both World War II and the Cold War period a...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hobbs, Tameka B. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Race relations.
Lynching.
African Americans > Crimes against.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Noirs americains > Crimes contre > Floride.
Lynchage > Floride.
African Americans > Crimes against > Florida.
Lynching > Florida.
Florida.
Floride > Relations raciales > Histoire.
Florida > Race relations > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:In this book, Tameka Hobbs investigates the history of racial violence and lynchings in Florida, focusing especially on a string of brutal lynchings that occurred during the 1940s. She argues that these lynchings created difficult diplomatic moments during both World War II and the Cold War period and that they forced the U.S. government to become more active in prosecuting racial violence.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780813055466

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