The Lineaments of Wrath: Race, Violent Crime and American Culture

by James W. Clarke

Violence has marked relations between blacks and whites in America for nearly four hundred years. In The Lineaments of Wrath , James W. Clarke draws upon behavioral science theory and primary historical evidence to examine and explain its causes and enduring consequences. Beginning with slavery and concluding with the present, Clarke describes how the combined effects of state-sanctioned mob violence and the discriminatory administration of "race-blind"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138536601
• ISBN13: 9781138536609
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"