Lynching in the West, 1850-1935 / Ken Gonzales-Day.

Author/creator Gonzales-Day, Ken
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham : Duke University Press, 2006.
Descriptionxii, 299 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Lynching--California. --History.
Lynching--California. --History. --Pictorial works.
Vigilance committees--California. --History.
Extrajudicial executions--California. --History.

Contents Introduction : Searching for California's hang trees -- Counting the dead : frontier justice and the antilynching movement -- The greatest good : Capital punishment or popular justice? -- In the shadow of photography : copy prints in the archive -- Signifying bodies : unblushing and monstrous -- The wonder gaze -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 : Case list of lynchings and summary executions -- Appendix 2 : Selected list of legal and military executions -- Appendix 3 : Pardons, 1849-59.
General note"A John Hope Franklin Center book."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [275]-286) and index.
Digital Bookplate Bookplate for Gene and Susan Roberts
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy gift of Gene and Susan Roberts, 2016.
LCCN 2006010390
ISBN9780822337812 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822337942 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0822337819 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822337940 (pbk. : alk. paper)