The Many Faces of Judge Lynch: Extralegal Violence and Punishment in America
Book Details
Author(s)
Christopher Waldrep
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN / ASIN
1403967113
ISBN-13
9781403967114
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#2,314,763
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United States 🇺🇸
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Description
Tracing the use and meaning of the word "lynching" from the colonial period to the present, historian Christopher Waldrep reveals that while the notion of lynching as a form of extralegal punishment sanctioned by the community did not alter significantly
