Lynching to belong : claiming Whiteness through racial violence /

Nevels argues that five racially motivated murders of black men in Brazos County, Texas, point to an emerging social phenomenon of the time: the desire of newly arrived European immigrants to assert their place in society and the use of racial violence to achieve that end.

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Main Author: Nevels, Cynthia Skove, 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2007
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 106.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central