The roots of rough justice : origins of American lynching /
Pfeifer, Michael J. 1968-
The roots of rough justice : origins of American lynching / Michael J. Pfeifer. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Collective violence in the British Atlantic -- Vigilantes, criminal justice, and Antebellum cultural conflict -- Racial and class frontiers: lynching and social identity in Antebellum America -- Lynchers versus due process: the forging of rough justice -- The Civil War and reconstruction and the remaking of American lynching -- Epilogue.
In this deeply researched prequel to his 2006 study 'Rough Justice: Lynching and American Society, 1874-1947', Pfeifer analyzes the foundations of lynching in American social history.
2019717301
Lynching--History.--United States
Culture conflict--History.--United States
Social control--History.--United States
Capital punishment--Social aspects--History.--United States
Discrimination in capital punishment--History.--United States
Electronic Books.
HV6457 / .R668 2011
The roots of rough justice : origins of American lynching / Michael J. Pfeifer. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Collective violence in the British Atlantic -- Vigilantes, criminal justice, and Antebellum cultural conflict -- Racial and class frontiers: lynching and social identity in Antebellum America -- Lynchers versus due process: the forging of rough justice -- The Civil War and reconstruction and the remaking of American lynching -- Epilogue.
In this deeply researched prequel to his 2006 study 'Rough Justice: Lynching and American Society, 1874-1947', Pfeifer analyzes the foundations of lynching in American social history.
2019717301
Lynching--History.--United States
Culture conflict--History.--United States
Social control--History.--United States
Capital punishment--Social aspects--History.--United States
Discrimination in capital punishment--History.--United States
Electronic Books.
HV6457 / .R668 2011