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.
9780807871973
2008045194
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
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.
9780807871973
2008045194
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