Gema Kloppe-Santamaría is Assistant Professor of Latin American History at The George Washington University. She is the lead editor of Violence and Crime in Latin America: Representations and Politics and Human Security and Chronic Violence in Mexico: New Perspectives and Proposals from Below.

"Kloppe-Santamaría offers readers an eclectic, theoretically informed, and accessible account of a topic that remains urgent to Mexico’s past and future."

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionIn the Name of Justice: Lynch Mobs and the State in Post-Revolutionary Mexico1. Between Civilization and BarbarityLynching and State Formation in Post-Revolutionary Mexico2. In the Name of Christ Lynching and Religion in Post-Revolutionary Mexico3. The Lynching of Atrocious Criminals Justice, Crime News, and Extralegal Violence4. The Lynching of the WickedFat Stealers, Bloodsuckers, and Witches in Post-Revolutionary MexicoConclusion Lynching Past and Present: Notes on Mexico and Latin America’s Trajectory of ViolenceAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

Gema Kloppe-Santamaría is Assistant Professor of Latin American History at The George Washington University. She is the lead editor of Violence and Crime in Latin America: Representations and Politics and Human Security and Chronic Violence in Mexico: New Perspectives and Proposals from Below.

"Kloppe-Santamaría offers readers an eclectic, theoretically informed, and accessible account of a topic that remains urgent to Mexico’s past and future."

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionIn the Name of Justice: Lynch Mobs and the State in Post-Revolutionary Mexico1. Between Civilization and BarbarityLynching and State Formation in Post-Revolutionary Mexico2. In the Name of Christ Lynching and Religion in Post-Revolutionary Mexico3. The Lynching of Atrocious Criminals Justice, Crime News, and Extralegal Violence4. The Lynching of the WickedFat Stealers, Bloodsuckers, and Witches in Post-Revolutionary MexicoConclusion Lynching Past and Present: Notes on Mexico and Latin America’s Trajectory of ViolenceAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

Gema Kloppe-Santamaría is Assistant Professor of Latin American History at The George Washington University. She is the lead editor of Violence and Crime in Latin America: Representations and Politics and Human Security and Chronic Violence in Mexico: New Perspectives and Proposals from Below.

"Kloppe-Santamaría offers readers an eclectic, theoretically informed, and accessible account of a topic that remains urgent to Mexico’s past and future."

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionIn the Name of Justice: Lynch Mobs and the State in Post-Revolutionary Mexico1. Between Civilization and BarbarityLynching and State Formation in Post-Revolutionary Mexico2. In the Name of Christ Lynching and Religion in Post-Revolutionary Mexico3. The Lynching of Atrocious Criminals Justice, Crime News, and Extralegal Violence4. The Lynching of the WickedFat Stealers, Bloodsuckers, and Witches in Post-Revolutionary MexicoConclusion Lynching Past and Present: Notes on Mexico and Latin America’s Trajectory of ViolenceAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex