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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807233003321

Autore

Arnold Edwin T

Titolo

"What virtue there is in fire" : cultural memory and the lynching of Sam Hose / / Edwin T. Arnold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-55312-7

9786612553127

0-8203-3616-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

323.1196/0730758

Soggetti

Lynching - Georgia - Coweta County - History - 19th century

African Americans - Crimes against - Georgia - Coweta County - History

Murder - Georgia - Coweta County - History - 19th century

Racism - Georgia - Coweta County - History

Coweta County (Ga.) Race relations History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-234) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE: War Fantasies -- CHPTER TWO: Lynch Sunday -- CHAPTER THREE: The Palmetto Massacre -- CHAPTER FOUR: A Carnival of Blood and Lust -- CHAPTER FIVE: The Wild Ride -- CHAPTER SIX: A Holocaust of Human Flesh -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Beware, All Darkies! -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Lynch Law in Georgia -- CHAPTER NINE: Sex, Fingers, Toes -- CHAPTER TEN: Across the Road from the Barbecue House -- Coda -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.