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Lieferstatus:	i.d.R. innert 14-24 Tagen versandfertig
Veröffentlichung:	November 2015
Genre:	Soziologie
	America—History / B / Civilization—History / community;Nation;violence / Cultural History / Ethnic Studies / Ethnicity / Ethnicity Studies / History of the Americas / Palgrave History Collection / Race and Ethnicity Studies / Social & cultural history / Social History / Sociology / Sociology, general / United States—History / US History
ISBN:	9781349387649
EAN-Code:	9781349387649
Verlag:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 234 mm / B 156 mm / D 15 mm
Gewicht:	408 gr
Seiten:	265
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Inhalt:

The U.S. is the most violent industrialized country in the world, and lynching - that is, murder endorsed by the community - may be a key to understanding America's heritage of violence and perhaps point to solutions that can eradicate it. While lynchings are predominantly racial in tone and motive, Christopher Waldrep's sweeping study of the meaning and uses of lynching from the colonial period to the present reveals that the definition of the term has shifted dramatically over time, and that the victims and perpetuators of lynching were as diverse as its many meanings. By examining lynching from a comparative and temporal perspective, Waldrep teaches us important lessons not only about racial violence in America, but about the ways in which communities define and justify crime and the punishment of its criminals.