Lynching in America: a history in documents

"Ranging from personal correspondence to courtroom transcripts to journalistic accounts, Christopher Waldrep has extensively mined an enormous quantity of documents about lynching, which he arranges chronologically with concise introductions. He reveals that lynching has been part of American h...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York [u.a.] New York Univ. Press 2006
Subjects:
Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Ranging from personal correspondence to courtroom transcripts to journalistic accounts, Christopher Waldrep has extensively mined an enormous quantity of documents about lynching, which he arranges chronologically with concise introductions. He reveals that lynching has been part of American history since the Revolution, but its victims, perpetrators, causes, and environments have changed over time. From the American Revolution to the expansion of the western frontier, Waldrep shows how communities defended lynching as a way to maintain law and order."--Publisher description.
Physical Description:XXII, 281 S.
ISBN:9780814793985
9780814793992
0814793983
0814793991

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Indexes