Liberalizing lynching : building a new racialized state / Daniel Kato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kato, Daniel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lynching--Government policy--United States--History.

Lynching.

Lynching--Southern States--History.

African Americans--Crimes against--History.

African Americans.

Federal government--United States--History.

Federal government.

United States--Race relations--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study explores the relationship between the American liberal regime and the illiberal act of lynching. It explores the federal government's pattern of non-intervention regarding the lynchings of African Americans from the late 19th century to the 1960s. Although popular belief holds that the federal government was unable to address racial violence in the South, Kato argues that its actions and decisions show that federal inaction was not primarily a consequence of institutional or legal incapacities, but rather a decision supported and maintained by all three branches of the federal government.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. The Strange Career of Lynching""; ""2. Strengthening the Weak State: Politicizing the American State's "Weakness" on Racial Violence""; ""3. The Tragic Legality of Racial Violence: Reconstruction, Race, and Emergency""; ""4. Constitutional Anarchy: 1883-1966""; ""5. Bringing Constitutional Anarchy to an End""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-049336-4

0-19-023259-5

0-19-023258-7