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Scholarship on lynching has typically been confined to the extralegal execution of African Americans in the American South. The nine essays collected here look at lynching in the context of world history, requiring scholars to rethink the history of collective violence altogether. Employing a diverse range of case studies, the volume’s contributors work to refute the notion that the various acts of group homicide called """"lynching"""" in American history are unique or exceptional.

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<p> Swift to Wrath is a pathbreaking collection on the quintessential brand of vigilante justice in the United States. It challenges the idea of American exceptionalism by inviting readers to think about lynching in comparative perspective, as part of a broader history of the all-too-human quest for vengeance.--Randolph Roth, The Ohio State University, author of American Homicide

<p>Swift to Wrath represents the most thoughtful, comprehensive, and analytically rigorous meditation on the history of lynching across the globe. The book sets the agenda for subsequent scholarship on the topic while prompting us to reflect on both the particularities and tragic commonalities in lynching in the United States and abroad. ----W. Fitzhugh Brundage, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Swift to Wrath is a pathbreaking collection on the quintessential brand of vigilante justice in the United States. It challenges the idea of American exceptionalism by inviting readers to think about lynching in comparative perspective, as part of a broader history of the all-too-human quest for vengeance.--Randolph Roth, The Ohio State University, author of American Homicide

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William D. Carrigan, Professor of History at Rowan University, USA is the coauthor with Clive Webb of Forgotten Dead: Mob Violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848–1928. Christopher Waldrep, Professor of History at San Francisco State University, USA is the author of Jury Discrimination: The Supreme Court, Public Opinion, and a Grassroots Fight for Racial Equality in Mississippi.

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