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. Berg analyses lynching cases with victims ranging from African American men to white women to cattle rustlers as he explores the concepts of 'frontier justice' and 'popular justice.' Zusammenfassung 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 America Chapter 2: The Rising Tide of Lynch-Law in Antebellum America Chapter 3: Frontier Justice Chapter 4: Lynching! Riots! and Political Terror in the Civil War Era 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 Conclusion: Lynching in American Memory and Culture

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Manfred Berg
• Editore: Ivan R. Dee
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 16.05.2011
• EAN: 9781566638029
• ISBN: 978-1-56663-802-9
• Pagine: 232
• Serie: American Ways Series; American Ways (Hardcover); American Ways; American Ways; American Ways (Hardcover); Ivan R. Dee
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni