Popular justice

• Verfasst von: Berg, Manfred
• Titel: Popular justice
• Titelzusatz: a history of lynching in America
• Verf.angabe: Manfred Berg
• Verlagsort: Chicago, Ill.
• Verlag: Dee
• Jahr: 2011
• Umfang: XIII, 212 S.
• Illustrationen: Ill.
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: The American ways series
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: American Ways
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-56663-802-9
• Schlagwörter: (g)USA / (s)Lynchjustiz / (z)Geschichte
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• (Umfang): Online-Ressource
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Popular Justice : A History of Lynching in America
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Berg, Manfred, 1959 - : Popular justice. - Chicago, Ill. : Dee, 2011. - XIII, 212 S
• RVK-Notation: PH 6400
• RVK-Notation: MS 3530
• RVK-Notation: HD 475
• Sach-SW: Electronic books
• K10plus-PPN: 1652028447
• K10plus-PPN:
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• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Manfred Berg traces the history of lynching in America from the colonial era to the present. Berg focuses on lynching as extralegal communal punishment performed by "ordinary" people. He confronts racially fragmented historical memory and legacies of popular justice to help the reader make better sense of lynching as part of American history.

Abstract

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Roots of Lynching in Colonial and Revolutionary North America -- Chapter 2. The Rise of Lynch Law in Antebellum America -- Chapter 3. Frontier Justice -- Chapter 4. Lynching, Riots, and Political Terror in the Civil War Years -- Chapter 5. "Indescribable Barbarism": The Lynching of African Americans in the Age of Jim Crow -- Chapter 6. Popular Justice Beyond Black and White -- Chapter 7. The Struggle Against Lynching -- Chapter 8. From Lynching to Hate Crime -- Chapter 9. Lynching in American Memory and Culture -- A Note on Sources -- Index -- A Note on the Author.