Under Sentence of Death: Lynching in the South (Paperback)

by W. Fitzhugh Brundage (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal
Brundage (history, Queens Coll., Ontario) has assembled a group of essays reflecting the latest scholarship on lynching. Coming from a variety of disciplines?history, sociology, and folklore?the contributors look at the phenomenon from several methodological perspectives. Historians Thomas Dyer and Joan Cashlin, for example, provide "micro-histories" of specific lynchings, while folklorist Bruce Baker "deconstructs" ballads associated with lynching. The authors conclude that lynching was a powerful method of social control. A multifaceted examination, this important collection is highly recommended, especially for specialists.?Anthony O. Edmonds, Ball State Univ., Muncie, Ind.
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[T]his is a first-rate collection.

Criminal Justice Review

The diverse viewpoints that it presents will doubtless make it a standard text in southern history.

The Alabama Review

[This book] should be required reading for every historian of the modern South.

Journal of Southern History

Fascinating and thought-provoking.

Slavery and Abolition

[C]rucial to any informed evaluation of one of the most ugly scars upon the face of southern history.

North Carolina Historical Review

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• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (May 14, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807846368
• ISBN-13: 978-0807846360
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1 inches
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