Overview
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'.
- | Author: Robert W. Thurston
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Feb 28, 2011
- | Number of Pages: 442 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 1409409082
- | ISBN-13: 9781409409083
