{"product_id":"american-lynching-9780300205879","title":"American Lynching","description":"\u003cp\u003eA history of lynching in America over the course of three centuries  from colonial Virginia to twentieth-century Texas  \"A sophisticated and thought-provoking examination of the historical relationship between the American culture of lynching and the nations political traditions.William Carrigan  Rowan University  After observing the varying reactions to the 1998 death of James Byrd Jr. in Texas  called a lynching by some  denied by others  Ashraf Rushdy determined that to comprehend this event he needed to understand the long history of lynching in the United States. In thismeticulously researched and accessibly written interpretive history  Rushdy shows how lynching in America has endured  evolved  and changed in meaning over the course of three centuries  from its origins in early Virginia to the present day. Rushdy argues that we can understand what lynching means in American history by examining its evolutionthat is  by seeing how the practice changes in both form and meaning over the course of three centuries  by analyzing the rationales its advocates have made in its defense  and  finally  by explicating its origins. The best way of understanding what lynching has meant in different times  and for different populations  during the course of American history is by seeing both the continuities in the practice over time and the specific features in different forms of lynching in different eras.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789811015733,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300205872","price":44.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300205879.jpg?v=1784699991","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/american-lynching-9780300205879","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}