Lynching and Spectacle

Lynching and Spectacle Witnessing Racial Violence in America, 1890-1940 - New Directions in Southern Studies

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Publisher's Synopsis

This study presents public reinforcement of white supremacy. Lynch mobs in late 19th and 20th century America often exacted horrifying public torture and mutilation on their victims. In this book, Amy Wood explains what it meant for white Americans to perform and witness these sadistic spectacles and what they derived from them.

Book information

ISBN: 9780807832547
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Pub date:
Edition: New edition
DEWEY: 364.134
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 703g
Height: 235mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 30mm