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

By:

Wood, Amy Louise

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Publication details: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 2009Description: xiii, 349p. ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780807871973

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DDC classification:

364.134 23 WO-L

LOC classification:

HV6457 .W66 2009

Contents:

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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Item type	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Print	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	General Books	Main Library	364.134 WO-L (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		136991

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

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