Lynching in America a history in documents - Waldrep, Christopher, 1951-; ebrary, Inc. (New York : New York University Press, 2006)
Introduction : explanations -- The first lynchers -- Jacksonian America -- Slavery -- How the West was won? -- Civil War and Reconstruction -- The gilded age : shall the wheel of race agitation be stopped? -- State sovereignty and mob law -- Western lynching in an industrializing age -- The limits of progressive reform -- Federal law against mob law -- The new deal -- High-tech lynchings.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Lynching -- United States -- History; Electronic books