Popular justice : a history of lynching in America

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Label

Popular justice : a history of lynching in America

Title remainder

a history of lynching in America

Statement of responsibility

Manfred Berg

Creator

• Berg, Manfred, 1959-

Subject

• Lynching -- United States -- History

Language

eng

Summary

Explores the history of lynching from the colonial era to the present. American lynch law has rested on three pillars: the frontier experience, racism, and the anti-authoritarian spirit of grassroots democracy. Looks beyond the familiar story of mob violence against African American victims, who comprised the majority of lynch targets, to include violence targeting other victim groups, such as Mexicans and the Chinese, as well as many of those cases in which race did not play a role. Focuses on the societal changes that ended lynching as a public spectacle and concludes with an examination of lynching's legacy in American culture

Member of

• American ways series

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

364.1/34

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HV6457

LC item number

.B47 2011

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

The American ways series