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Lynching : American mob murder in global perspective

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, but must be seen against a global conversation about changing cultural meanings of 'race', as well as concepts of concepts of imperialism, gender, sexuality and 'civilization'.

Record details

ISBN: 1409409090
ISBN: 9781409409090
Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 427 pages) : illustrations, map
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Publisher: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The processes of lynching around the world -- The roots of mob murder : crises of legitimacy, dangers of the frontier -- Concepts of crime and justice in lynching -- Race, civilization, and sexuality : a global conversation -- Reordering racism : imperialism and the challenges of new contact in the nineteenth century -- The body revealed in the Anglo-American world, 1885-1914 -- The world of Southern racism : the long education of a Georgia gentleman -- Atlanta in turmoil : the white elite reacts to murder -- From burning women to protect and action -- Conclusion: The difficulty of seeing lynching.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.