Lynching and spectacle witnessing racial violence in America, 1890-1940

Wood, Amy Louise

Lynching and spectacle witnessing racial violence in America, 1890-1940 - Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 2009 - xiii, 349p. ill. ; 25 cm. - New directions in southern studies .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-338) and index.

They want to see the thing done : public executions -- A hell of fire upon earth : religion -- The spectator has a picture in his mind to remember for a long time : photography -- They never witnessed such a melodrama : early moving pictures -- With the roar of thunder : The birth of a nation -- We wanted to be boosters and not knockers : photography and antilynching activism -- Bring home to America what mob violence really means : Hollywood's spectacular indictment.

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Lynching--History.--United States
Violence--History.--United States
Hate crimes--History.--United States


United States--Race relations--History.

HV6457 / .W66 2009

364.134 / WO-L

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