Lisa Arellano

Vigilantes and Lynch Mobs: Narratives of Community and Nation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally presented as the author's dissertation at Stanford University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Temple Univ Press
• New
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781439908440
• ISBN-10: 1439908443
• Artikelnr.: 34763004

Autorenporträt

Lisa Arellano is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Assistant Professor and Director of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Colby College.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: History, Memory, and Narrative
1. From Street Brawls to Heroism: The Official Vigilante Histories
2. Heroic Stories: Vigilante Ideals and Lynching Truths
3. John/the Victim/the Heathen: Hubert Howe Bancroft and the Making of
Western History
4. Narrative Revisions and the End of the Vigilante Ideal
Conclusion: Living in, and with, the Past
Appendix A: Official Vigilante Histories
Appendix B: The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
Appendix C: Vigilance Committee Interviews
Notes
Bibliography
Index