Lynching to belong : claiming Whiteness through racial violence / Cynthia Skove Nevels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nevels, Cynthia Skove, 1955-

Series:

Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; no. 106.

Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; no. 106

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White people--Race identity--Texas--Brazos County--History.

White people.

European Americans--Race identity--Texas--Brazos County--History.

European Americans.

Immigrants--Texas--Brazos County--Social conditions.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Texas--Brazos County--Attitudes--History.

Racism--Texas--Brazos County--History.

Racism.

African Americans--Crimes against--Texas--Brazos County--History.

African Americans.

Lynching--Texas--Brazos County--History.

Lynching.

Violence--Texas--Brazos County--History.

Violence.

Brazos County (Tex.)--Race relations--History--19th century.

Brazos County (Tex.).

Brazos County (Tex.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nevels presents the phenomenon of post-Civil War European immigrants' participation in racially motivated violence in order to claim their place in society. Though this study examines five specific cases, its ramifications will be of interest to scholars of social and racial history, both regional and national.

Contents:

The banner county

A White man's town

The Italians

The Irish

The Bohemians and the Jews.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-299-05326-2

1-60344-458-0

OCLC:

607890571