American lynching / Ashraf H.A. Rushdy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rushdy, Ashraf H. A., 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lynching--United States--History.

Lynching.

United States--Race relations--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After observing the varying reactions to the 1998 death of James Byrd Jr. in Texas, called a lynching by some, denied by others, Ashraf Rushdy determined that to comprehend this event he needed to understand the long history of lynching in the United States. In this meticulously researched and accessibly written interpretive history, Rushdy shows how lynching in America has endured, evolved, and changed in meaning over the course of three centuries, from its origins in early Virginia to the present day.Rushdy argues that we can understand what lynching means in American history by examining its evolution-that is, by seeing how the practice changes in both form and meaning over the course of three centuries, by analyzing the rationales its advocates have made in its defense, and, finally, by explicating its origins. The best way of understanding what lynching has meant in different times, and for different populations, during the course of American history is by seeing both the continuities in the practice over time and the specific features in different forms of lynching in different eras.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface: An American Icon

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Study Of Lynching

Chapter 1. The Rise Of Lynching

Chapter 2. The Race Of Lynching

Chapter 3. The Age Of Lynching

Chapter 4. The Discourse Of Lynching

Conclusion: The Meanings Of Lynching

Epilogue: American Lynching

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613909329

9781283596879

1283596873

9780300184747

0300184743

OCLC:

816811909