Vigilantes and Lynch Mobs - Narratives of Community and Nation

Informationen zum Autor Lisa Arellano is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Assistant Professor and Director of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Colby College. Klappentext Originally presented as the author's dissertation at Stanford University. Zusammenfassung Vigilantes and lynch mobs not only usurped the authority of the law! they shaped the histories of their actions Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: History, Memory, and Narrative1. From Street Brawls to Heroism: The Official Vigilante Histories2. Heroic Stories: Vigilante Ideals and Lynching Truths3. John/the Victim/the Heathen: Hubert Howe Bancroft and the Making of Western History4. Narrative Revisions and the End of the Vigilante IdealConclusion: Living in, and with, the PastAppendix A: Official Vigilante HistoriesAppendix B: The Works of Hubert Howe BancroftAppendix C: Vigilance Committee InterviewsNotesBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Arellano
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.07.2012
• EAN: 9781439908457
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-0845-7
• No. of pages: 190
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Amerika, Tatsachenberichte: True Crime, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, Sociology, TRUE CRIME / General, HISTORY / Historiography, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General