In the shadow of the gallows: race, crime, and american civic identity
Auteur :
De / DeLombard, Jeannine Marie
Éditeur :
DeLombard, Jeannine Marie
ISBN :
9780812244229
Date de publication :
16 juil. 2012
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 3,6 cm
Poids :
862 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In the Shadow of the Gallows reveals how a sense of racialized culpability shaped Americans' understandings of personhood prior to the Civil War. Jeannine Marie DeLombard draws from legal, literary, and popular texts to address fundamental questions about race, responsibility, and American civic belonging.