The Making of a Lynching Culture: Violence and Vigilantism in Central Texas, 1836-1916

by William D. Carrigan

Book Overview

How a culture of violence legitimized lynching among ordinary people On May 15, 1916, a crowd of fifteen thousand witnessed the lynching of an eighteen-year-old black farm worker named Jesse... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252029518
• ISBN13: 9780252029516
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"