The roots of rough justice : origins of American lynching

The roots of rough justice : origins of American lynching / Michael J. Pfeifer.

Author/creator	Pfeifer, Michael J. (Michael James), 1968-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2011.
Description	x, 143 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Lynching--United States --History. Culture conflict--United States --History. Social control--United States --History. Capital punishment--Social aspects --United States --History. Discrimination in capital punishment--United States --History.

Contents	Collective violence in the British Atlantic -- Vigilantes, criminal justice, and Antebellum cultural conflict -- Racial and class frontiers: lynching and social identity in Antebellum America -- Lynchers versus due process: the forging of rough justice -- The Civil War and reconstruction and the remaking of American lynching -- Epilogue.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-140) and index.
LCCN	2010046041
ISBN	9780252036132 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0252036131 (hbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HV6457 .P43 2011	✔ Available	Place Hold