Popular justice: a history of lynching in America
Manfred Berg traces the history of lynching in America from the colonial era to the present. Berg focuses on lynching as extralegal communal punishment performed by "ordinary" people. He confronts racially fragmented historical memory and legacies of popular justice to help the reader make...
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| Format: | Book/Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago, Ill.
Dee
2011
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| Series: | The American ways series
American Ways |
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| Online Access: | Aggregator, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=662329 Verlag, Volltext: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/alltitles/docDetail.action?docID=10465470 Verlag, Volltext: http://gbv.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=662329 
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| Author Notes: | Manfred Berg |
| Summary: | Manfred Berg traces the history of lynching in America from the colonial era to the present. Berg focuses on lynching as extralegal communal punishment performed by "ordinary" people. He confronts racially fragmented historical memory and legacies of popular justice to help the reader make better sense of lynching as part of American history. Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Roots of Lynching in Colonial and Revolutionary North America -- Chapter 2. The Rise of Lynch Law in Antebellum America -- Chapter 3. Frontier Justice -- Chapter 4. Lynching, Riots, and Political Terror in the Civil War Years -- Chapter 5. "Indescribable Barbarism": The Lynching of African Americans in the Age of Jim Crow -- Chapter 6. Popular Justice Beyond Black and White -- Chapter 7. The Struggle Against Lynching -- Chapter 8. From Lynching to Hate Crime -- Chapter 9. Lynching in American Memory and Culture -- A Note on Sources -- Index -- A Note on the Author. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9781566638029 |