Under Sentence of Death: Lynching in the South - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807823260 ISBN 13: 9780807823262

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1997

Synopsis

From the assembled work of fifteen leading scholars emerges a complex and provocative portrait of lynching in the American South. With subjects ranging in time from the late antebellum period to the early twentieth century, and in place from the border states to the Deep South, this collection of essays provides a rich comparative context in which to study the troubling history of lynching. Covering a broad spectrum of methodologies, these essays further expand the study of lynching by exploring such topics as same-race lynchings, black resistance to white violence, and the political motivations for lynching. In addressing both the history and the legacy of lynching, the book raises important questions about Southern history, race relations, and the nature of American violence. Though focused on events in the South, these essays speak to patterns of violence, injustice, and racism that have plagued the entire nation. The contributors are Bruce E. Baker, E. M. Beck, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Joan E. Cashin, Paula Clark, Thomas G. Dyer, Terence Finnegan, Larry J. Griffin, Nancy MacLean, William S. McFeely, Joanne C. Sandberg, Patricia A. Schechter, Roberta Senechal de la Roche, Stewart E. Tolnay, and George C. Wright.

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Book Description

"A collection of provocative and engaging essays. . . . Under Sentence of Death simultaneously offers fascinating insights into the nature of lynching and points to promising new perspectives on the topic. Thus this is a first-rate collection."-- Criminal Justice Review

About the Author

W. Fitzhugh Brundage is William B. Umstead Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is author of Where These Memories Grow: History, Memory, and Southern Identity and the prize-winning Lynching in the New South.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0807823260
• ISBN 13: 9780807823262
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 330
• Editor: Brundage W. Fitzhugh