The end of American lynchingAshraf H.A. Rushdy.
Rushdy, Ashraf H. A., 1961-
The end of American lynchingAshraf H.A. Rushdy. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction. When is an American lynching? -- The accountant and the opera house -- Date night in the courthouse square -- The end of American lynching -- The last American lynching -- Conclusion. The subject of lynching.
The End of American Lynching questions how we think about the dynamics of lynching, what lynchings mean to the society in which they occur, how lynching is defined, and the circumstances that lead to lynching. Ashraf H.A. Rushday looks at three lynchings over the course of the twentieth century-one in Coatesville, Pennsylvania in 1911, one in Marion, Indiana in 1930, and one in Jasper, Texas in 1998-to see how Americans developed two distinct ways of thinking and talking about this act before and after the 1930s.
9780813552934
Lynching--History.--United States
Hate crimes--History.--United States
Electronic Books.
HV6457 / .E536 2012
The end of American lynchingAshraf H.A. Rushdy. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction. When is an American lynching? -- The accountant and the opera house -- Date night in the courthouse square -- The end of American lynching -- The last American lynching -- Conclusion. The subject of lynching.
The End of American Lynching questions how we think about the dynamics of lynching, what lynchings mean to the society in which they occur, how lynching is defined, and the circumstances that lead to lynching. Ashraf H.A. Rushday looks at three lynchings over the course of the twentieth century-one in Coatesville, Pennsylvania in 1911, one in Marion, Indiana in 1930, and one in Jasper, Texas in 1998-to see how Americans developed two distinct ways of thinking and talking about this act before and after the 1930s.
9780813552934
Lynching--History.--United States
Hate crimes--History.--United States
Electronic Books.
HV6457 / .E536 2012