In Lincoln's Shadow: The 1908 Race Riot in Springfield, Illinois - Tapa blanda

Roche, Roberta Senechal De La

 
9780809329090: In Lincoln's Shadow: The 1908 Race Riot in Springfield, Illinois
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ISBN 10: 0809329093 ISBN 13: 9780809329090
Editorial: Southern Illinois University Press, 2008

Sinopsis

This title explores the origins of a race riot. This detailed case study of the 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois, which began only a few blocks from Abraham Lincoln's family home, explores the social origins of rioting by whites against the city's African American community after a white woman alleged that a black man had raped her. Over two days rioters wrecked black-owned businesses, burned neighborhoods to the ground, killed two black men, and injured many others. Author Roberta Senechal de la Roche draws from a wide range of sources to describe the riot, identify the rioters and their victims, and challenge previous interpretations that attribute rioting to interracial competition for jobs, housing, or political influence. Written in a direct and clear style, ""In Lincoln's Shadow"" documents a violent explosion of racial hatred that shocked the nation and reveals the complexity of white racial attitudes in the early twentieth century.

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Acerca del autor

Roberta Senechal de la Roche is a professor of history at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. She has written several works on various forms of collective violence, such as lynching, rioting, and terrorism.

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Editorial
Southern Illinois University Press
Año de publicación
2008
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ISBN 10 
0809329093
ISBN 13 
9780809329090
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Número de páginas
264
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