Lynching - American Mob Murder in Global Perspective

Addressing one of the most controversial and emotive issues of American history, this book presents a thorough re-examination of the background, dynamics and decline of American lynching. It argues that collective homicide in the US cannot be properly understood solely through a discussion of the unsettled southern political situation after 1865, b

List of contents

Introduction; I: What is Lynching?; I 1: The Processes of Lynching Around the World; I 2: The Roots of Mob Murder: Crises of Legitimacy, Dangers of the Frontier; I 3: Concepts of Crime and Justice in Lynching; II: Lynching and Cultural Change: Images of Sex, Savages, and Women; II 4: Race, Civilization, and Sexuality: A Global Conversation; II 5: Recordering Racism: Imperialism and the Challenges of New Contact in the Nineteenth Century; II 6: The Body Revealed in the Anglo-American World, 1885–1914; III: Blood, Debate, and Redemption in Georgia: The Path toward Reform; III 7: The World of Southern Racism: The Long Education of a Georgia Gentleman; III 8: Atlanta in Turmoil: The White Elite Reacts to Murder; III 9: From Burning Women to Protest and Action; III: Conclusion: The Difficulty of Seeing Lynching

About the author

Robert W. Thurston, Miami University, Ohio, USA

Summary

Addressing one of the most controversial and emotive issues of American history, this book presents a thorough re-examination of the background, dynamics and decline of American lynching. It argues that collective homicide in the US cannot be properly understood solely through a discussion of the unsettled southern political situation after 1865, b

Product details

• Authors: Robert W. Thurston
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032919836
• ISBN: 978-1-032-91983-6
• No. of pages: 442
• Weight: 660 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, 20th Century, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Criminal law & procedure, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, Legal History, General and world history, History of the Americas, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying, Criminal law: procedure and offences, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General