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Lynching and spectacle : witnessing racial violence in America, 1890-1940 / Amy Louise Wood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wood, Amy Louise, 1967-
- Series:
- New directions in southern studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lynching--United States--History.
- Lynching.
- Violence--United States--History.
- Violence.
- Hate crimes.
- History.
- United States.
- Hate crimes--United States--History.
- United States--Race relations--History.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- They want to see the thing done : public executions
- A hell of fire upon earth : religion
- The spectator has a picture in his mind to remember for a long time : photography
- They never witnessed such a melodrama : early moving pictures
- With the roar of thunder : The birth of a nation
- We wanted to be boosters and not knockers : photography and antilynching activism
- Bring home to America what mob violence really means : Hollywood's spectacular indictment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-338) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807832547
- 0807832545
- OCLC:
- 261173677
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