Robert W Thurston

Lynching

American Mob Murder in Global Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

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 imperialism, gender, sexuality and 'civilization'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 442
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9781409409083
• ISBN-10: 1409409082
• Artikelnr.: 44971709

Autorenporträt

Robert W. Thurston, Miami University, Ohio, USA

Inhaltsangabe

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