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  • Anatomy of a Lynching

    The Killing of Claude Neal

    by James R. McGovern ...
    "A sensitive and forthright analysis of one of the most gruesome episodes in Florida history... McGovern has produced a richly detailed case study that should enhance our general understanding of mob violence and vigilantism." -- Florida Historical Quarterly"[McGovern] has succeeded in writing more than a narrative account of this bloodcurdling story; he has explored its causes and ramifications." ... Read more

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  • The Ticket to Freedom

    The NAACP and the Struggle for Black Political Integration

    by Manfred Berg ...
    Series series New Perspectives on the History of the South
    "Outstanding. . . . Great history and a great story."--St. Petersburg Times"A clear and thought-provoking assessment of the organization's accomplishments during its first sixty years."--Louisiana History"An outstanding analysis of both the NAACP and the ongoing struggle for the right to vote."--American Historical Review"[Berg] directs this work to scholars and general readers in an effort to ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Popular Justice

    A History of Lynching in America

    by Manfred Berg ...
    Series series
    Lynching has often been called "America's national crime" that has defined the tradition of extralegal violence in America. Having claimed many thousand victims, "Judge Lynch" holds a firm place in the dark recesses of our national memory.In Popular Justice, Manfred Berg explores the history of lynching from the colonial era to the present. American lynch law, he argues, has rested on three ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Racism in the Modern World

    Historical Perspectives on Cultural Transfer and Adaptation

    Edited by Simon Wendt, Manfred Berg ...
    Emphasizing the global nature of racism, this volume brings together historians from various regional specializations to explore this phenomenon from comparative and transnational perspectives. The essays shed light on how racial ideologies and practices developed, changed, and spread in Europe, Asia, the Near East, Australia, and Africa, focusing on processes of transfer, exchange, appropriation, ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Racism in the Modern World

    Historical Perspectives on Cultural Transfer and Adaptation

    Edited by Manfred Berg, Simon Wendt ...
    Emphasizing the global nature of racism, this volume brings together historians from various regional specializations to explore this phenomenon from comparative and transnational perspectives. The essays shed light on how racial ideologies and practices developed, changed, and spread in Europe, Asia, the Near East, Australia, and Africa, focusing on processes of transfer, exchange, appropriation, ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The U.S. South and Europe

    Transatlantic Relations in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

    Edited by Cornelis A. van Minnen, Manfred Berg ...
    Series series New Directions in Southern History
    The U.S. South is a distinctive political and cultural force—not only in the eyes of Americans, but also in the estimation of many Europeans. The region played a distinctive role as a major agricultural center and the source of much of the wealth in early America, but it has also served as a catalyst for the nation's only civil war, and later, as a battleground in violent civil rights conflicts. ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

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    Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point

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  • End of History and the Last Man

    by Francis Fukuyama ...
    Ever since its first publication in 1992, the New York Times bestselling The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. "Profoundly realistic and important...supremely timely and cogent...the first book to fully fathom the depth and range of the changes now sweeping through the world." —The Washington Post Book WorldFrancis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious ... Read more

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    The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

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