Format:
XIII, 212 S.
,
Ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9781566638029
Series Statement:
The American ways series
Content:
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.
Content:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781566639200
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781283009461
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442245983
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Popular Justice : A History of Lynching in America
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Berg, Manfred, 1959 - Popular justice Chicago, Ill. : Dee, 2011 ISBN 156663802X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781566638029
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
,
English Studies
,
Sociology
Keywords:
USA
;
Lynchjustiz
;
Geschichte
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Author information:
Berg, Manfred 1959-
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