Lisa Arellano

Vigilantes and Lynch Mobs

Narratives of Community and Nation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally presented as the author's dissertation at Stanford University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Temple University Press
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 151mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9781439908457
• ISBN-10: 1439908451
• Artikelnr.: 34760610

Autorenporträt

Lisa Arellano is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Assistant Professor and Director of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Colby College.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: History, Memory, and Narrative
1. From Street Brawls to Heroism: The Official Vigilante Histories
2. Heroic Stories: Vigilante Ideals and Lynching Truths
3. John/the Victim/the Heathen: Hubert Howe Bancroft and the Making of
Western History
4. Narrative Revisions and the End of the Vigilante Ideal
Conclusion: Living in, and with, the Past
Appendix A: Official Vigilante Histories
Appendix B: The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
Appendix C: Vigilance Committee Interviews
Notes
Bibliography
Index