Rough Justice
Lynching and American Society, 1874-194
Published on 16. June 2004
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-252-02917-2 (ISBN)
Description
The history of lynching
Reviews / Votes
"In this thought-provoking, impressively researched, sweeping study of rough justice in the United States, Pfeifer expands the history of lynching and its transmutation from popular, ritualized collective violece to state-sanctioned, sanitized execution, that is, legal lynching."--American StudiesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-252-02917-2 (9780252029172)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Michael J. Pfeifer teaches American history at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.