Popular Justice: A History of Lynching in America

by Manfred Berg

Book Overview

Manfred Berg traces the history of lynching in America from the colonial era to the present. Berg focuses on lynching as extralegal communal punishment performed by "ordinary" people. He confronts racially fragmented historical memory and legacies of popular justice to help the reader make better sense of lynching as part of American history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442245980
• ISBN13: 9781442245983
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.7"