Popular Justice - A History of Lynching in America

Informationen zum Autor By Manfred Berg Klappentext 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.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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Roots of Lynching in Colonial and Revolutionary North AmericaChapter 2: The Rising Tide of Lynch-Law in Antebellum AmericaChapter 3: Frontier JusticeChapter 4: Lynching, Riots, and Political Terror in the Civil War EraChapter 5: "Indescribable Barbarism": The Lynching of African Americans in the Age of Jim CrowChapter 6: Popular Justice Beyond Black and WhiteChapter 7: The Struggle Against LynchingChapter 8: From Lynching to Hate CrimeConclusion: Lynching in American Memory and Culture

Product details

• Authors: Manfred Berg, Berg Manfred
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.03.2015
• EAN: 9781442245983
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4598-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: American Ways Series; American Ways
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment, C 1700 To C 1800