| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 276 pages) |
| Contents |
The scholarship on Southern lynching -- Resurrecting the identities of lynch victims -- The characteristics of black male lynch victims -- Victims as marginal men? -- Targeted because of their success? -- Vulnerability in economic, political, and religious context -- Atypical victims: females and white males -- The victims of Southern mob violence |
| Summary |
Drawing on new sources to provide the most comprehensive portrait of the men and women lynched in the American South, Amy Bailey and Stewart Tolnay's revealing profiles and careful analysis begin to restore the identities of - and lend dignity to - hundreds of lynching victims about whom we have known little more than their names and alleged offenses |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-259) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed July 30, 2021) |
| Subject |
Victims of violent crimes -- Southern States -- History
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Lynching -- Southern States -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Lynching
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Victims of violent crimes
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Southern States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tolnay, Stewart Emory, author.
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| ISBN |
9781469623092 |
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1469623099 |
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9781469620886 |
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146962088X |
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9798890847393 |
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