White Man's Heaven

The Lynching and Expulsion of Blacks in the Southern Ozarks, 1894-1909

AvKimberly Harper

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

Del i serien University of Arkansas Press

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Beskrivning

White Man's Heaven is the first book to investigate the lynching and expulsion of African Americans in the Missouri and Arkansas Ozarks in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Kimberly Harper shows how an established tradition of extralegal violence and the rapid political, economic, and social change of the New South era combined to create an environment that resulted in interracial violence. Even though some whites tried to stop the violence and bring the lynchers to justice, many African Americans fled the Ozarks, leaving only a resilient few behind and forever changing the racial composition of the region.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-08-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 28 mm
Vikt:578 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:University of Arkansas Press
Antal sidor:302
Förlag:University of Arkansas Press
ISBN:9781557289841

Utforska kategorier

Våld och övergrepp inom Samhälle och politik
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Kimberly Harper lives in the Missouri Ozarks.

Recensioner i media

An invaluable work . . . supports and importantly expands on recent studies of sundown towns and racial cleansing." —Journal of Southern History"Well-written and creatively researched . . . movingly documents 'a dark mark upon the land yet to be removed." —Journal of American History"Does crucial work in bringing attention to a long-neglected but important aspect of southern Ozarks and Missouri history." —Missouri Historical Review"Essential reading for anyone who lives in the southern Ozarks." —Arkansas Historical Quarterly"A cogent and illuminating contribution to the burgeoning scholarship on lynching." —American Historical Review"Required reading for researchers interested in how lynching and expulsion are indispensable for understanding an important but oftentimes unacknowledged phenomenon in U.S. History." —Choice