A Festival of Violence: An Analysis of Southern Lynchings, 1882-1930

by E.M. Beck and Stewart E. Tolnay

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This finely detailed statistical study of lynching in ten southern states shows that economic and status concerns were at the heart of that violent
practice. Stewart Tolnay and E. M. Beck empirically test competing explanations of the causes of lynching, using U.S. Census and historical voting data and a newly constructed inventory of southern lynch victims. Among their surprising findings: lynching responded to fluctuations in the price of cotton,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0252064135

ISBN13:9780252064135

Release Date:January 1995

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.08 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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