Globalizing lynching history
Subtitle: vigilantism and extralegal punishment from an international perspective
By: edited by Manfred Berg and Simon Wendt
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780230115880
Subjects: Lynching; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; HISTORY / United States / General; Mobs; HISTORY / Social History; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
Description: "This book takes a first step toward globalizing the history of lynching. Covering fourteen countries and five continents, it demonstrates that lynching has neither been a uniquely American phenomenon, nor did it exclusively target racial and ethnic minorities. But what appears to be common to vigilantism and extralegal punishment around the globe is the ideology of popular justice, the idea that lynching represents a form of communal self-defense against crimes that are unchecked by the state. The multidisciplinary and multiregional approach of this volume will lay the groundwork for a more thorough understanding of mob violence and extralegal punishment in the United States and the world"--