At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America - Rilegato

Dray, Philip

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ISBN 10: 0375503242 ISBN 13: 9780375503245

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 2002

Riassunto

A history of lynching in America describes its common use, especially in the southern United States, and discusses the crusade by a handful of black and white citizens to eliminate the shameful practice.

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Recensione:

"Philip Dray's At the Hands of Persons Unknown is a powerfully written, admirably perceptive synthesis of the vast literature on lynching. It is the most comprehensive social history of this depressing subject in almost seventy years and should be recognized as a major addition to the bibliography of American race relations."
-David Levering Lewis, Professor of History at Rutgers University and twice recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 and W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963.

"At the Hands of Persons Unknown is the most comprehensive and thoughtful analysis I know of that most shameful concomitant of slavery and racism in America--the lynching of thousands of people of color. Philip Dray's book is an important contribution to our historical understanding, and I hope it will be widely read."
-Howard Zinn, professor emeritus at Boston University and author of A People's History of the United States

“Philip Dray’s At the Hands of Persons Unknown is a powerfully written, admirably perceptive synthesis of the vast
literature on lynching. It is the most comprehensive social history of this shameful subject in almost seventy years and
should be recognized as a major addition to the bibliography of American race relations.”
—David Levering Lewis

“Prodigiously researched, tightly written and compelling . . . vital, hard-hitting cultural history.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

L'autore:

Philip Dray is the co-author of We Are Not Afraid: The Story of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney and the Civil Rights Campaign for Mississippi, which was a New York Times Notable Book for 1988. Born in Chicago and raised in Minnesota, Dray now lives in New York City. He has been a contributor to many publications, including Mother Jones, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times.

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0375503242
• ISBN 13: 9780375503245
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 528