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Autore |
Wright George C |
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Titolo |
Racial violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940 : lynchings, mob rule, and "legal lynchings" / / George C. Wright |
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Baton Rouge, : Louisiana State University Press, 1990 |
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ISBN |
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0-8071-4162-3 |
0-585-31873-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (369 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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305.8009769 |
364.1/34 |
364.134 |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - Crimes against - Kentucky - History |
Discrimination in capital punishment - Kentucky - History |
Discrimination in criminal justice administration - Kentucky - History |
Lynching - Kentucky - History |
Kentucky Race relations |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Kentucky Violence, Severe and Long Lasting; ONE: Reconstruction: Using Violence to Preserve the Status Quo, 1865-1874; TWO: ""Lynchings Are Necessary,"" 1875-1899; THREE: ""To Hang in an Orderly Fashion,"" 1900-1940; FOUR: Ousting ""Troublemakers""; FIVE: Holding Back a Rising Tide, 1875-1899; SIX: Meeting Mob Violence with Renewed Determination, 1900-1940; SEVEN: ""A Sacrifice Upon the Altar of the Law,"" 1875-1899; EIGHT: Color-Coded Justice: Racial Violence Under the Law, 1900-1940; APPENDIX A: Victims of Lynchings |
APPENDIX B: Names of People Legally Executed Selected Bibliography; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Wright vividly portrays the clash between racist militants and blacks who would not submit to terror. The book makes clear the brutality concealed beneath the surface veneer of moderation." -Journal of Southern History In this investigative look into Kentucky's race relations from the end of the Civil War to 1940, George C. Wright brings to light |
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