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Author: Robert W. Thurston (Miami University, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.952kg
ISBN: 9781409409083
ISBN 10: 1409409082
Pages: 442
Publication Date: 28 February 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'Recommended.' Choice 'Thurston's most interesting contribution is to widen our angle on lynching to a global perspective by examining mobs and popular violence in Indonesia, Russia, Nigeria, India, Guatemala, and elsewhere... by bringing the story to our times Thurston challenges simple-minded but popular notions of the ubiquitous lynch noose and the manner in which they enable some Americas to take comfort in one-dimensional stories of hate and guilt.' American Historical Review 'Thurston pushed against the conventional wisdom that collective murder remained an American phenomenon by crafting a synthetic history of lynching and placing it in a global context... [Thurston] excels in exploring Anglo-American thought and practice regarding extralegal justice from the colonial through the antebellum period. His work will be of great interest to students of early American legal culture and its temporal and regional variations.' Journal of Southern History 'This is an extraordinarily rich study, to which a brief review such as this can do scant justice. Its revisionist interpretation of lynching will be relevant to the work of historians of a wide range of national interests.' The Historian
'Recommended.' Choice 'Thurston’s most interesting contribution is to widen our angle on lynching to a global perspective by examining mobs and popular violence in Indonesia, Russia, Nigeria, India, Guatemala, and elsewhere... by bringing the story to our times Thurston challenges simple-minded but popular notions of the ubiquitous lynch noose and the manner in which they enable some Americas to take comfort in one-dimensional stories of hate and guilt.' American Historical Review 'Thurston pushed against the conventional wisdom that collective murder remained an American phenomenon by crafting a synthetic history of lynching and placing it in a global context... [Thurston] excels in exploring Anglo-American thought and practice regarding extralegal justice from the colonial through the antebellum period. His work will be of great interest to students of early American legal culture and its temporal and regional variations.' Journal of Southern History 'This is an extraordinarily rich study, to which a brief review such as this can do scant justice. Its revisionist interpretation of lynching will be relevant to the work of historians of a wide range of national interests.' The Historian
'Recommended.' Choice 'Thurston's most interesting contribution is to widen our angle on lynching to a global perspective by examining mobs and popular violence in Indonesia, Russia, Nigeria, India, Guatemala, and elsewhere... by bringing the story to our times Thurston challenges simple-minded but popular notions of the ubiquitous lynch noose and the manner in which they enable some Americas to take comfort in one-dimensional stories of hate and guilt.' American Historical Review 'Thurston pushed against the conventional wisdom that collective murder remained an American phenomenon by crafting a synthetic history of lynching and placing it in a global context... [Thurston] excels in exploring Anglo-American thought and practice regarding extralegal justice from the colonial through the antebellum period. His work will be of great interest to students of early American legal culture and its temporal and regional variations.' Journal of Southern History 'This is an extraordinarily rich study, to which a brief review such as this can do scant justice. Its revisionist interpretation of lynching will be relevant to the work of historians of a wide range of national interests.' The Historian
Author Information
Robert W. Thurston, Miami University, Ohio, USA
