The roots of rough justice : origins of American lynching / Michael J. Pfeifer.

Author/creator Pfeifer, Michael J., 1968-
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2011.
Descriptionx, 143 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Lynching--United States. --History.
Culture conflict--United States. --History.
Social control--United States. --History.
Capital punishment--Social aspects. --United States. --History.
Discrimination in capital punishment--United States. --History.

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [109]-140) and index.
LCCN 2010046041
ISBN9780252036132 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0252036131 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HV6457 .P43 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold