{"product_id":"the-making-of-a-lynching-william-d-carrigan-9780252074301","title":"The Making of a Lynching Culture: Violence and Vigilantism in Central Texas, 1836-1916","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow a culture of violence legitimized lynching among ordinary people\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e On May 15, 1916, a crowd of fifteen thousand witnessed the lynching of an eighteen-year-old black farm worker named Jesse Washington. Most central Texans of the time failed to call for the punishment of the mob's leaders. In \u003ci\u003eThe Making of a Lynching Culture, \u003c\/i\u003e now in paperback, William D. Carrigan seeks to explain not how a fiendish mob could lynch one man but how a culture of violence that nourished this practice could form and endure for so long among ordinary people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Beginning with the 1836 independence of Texas, \u003ci\u003eThe Making of a Lynching Culture\u003c\/i\u003e reexamines traditional explanations of lynching, including the role of the frontier, economic tensions, and political conflicts. Using a voluminous body of court records, newspaper accounts, oral histories, and other sources, Carrigan shows how notions of justice and historical memory were shaped to glorify violence and foster a culture that legitimized lynching. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William D. Carrigan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252074300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252074301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.04w x 0.86d","brand":"William D. Carrigan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46465458929919,"sku":"9780252074301","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2251c5e4-03ff-4e1e-91cb-2e8f3e999c1c.jpg?v=1736346310","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-making-of-a-lynching-william-d-carrigan-9780252074301","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}