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- The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 19: Violence
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
- Series: Studies in medieval and early modern canon law ;
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Much of the violence that has been associated with the United States has had particular salience for the South, from its high homicide rates, or its bloody history of racial conflict, to southerners' popular attachment to guns and traditional support for capital punishment. With over 95 entries, this volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture explores the most significant forms and many of the most harrowing incidences of violence that have plagued southern society over the past 300 years.
Following a detailed overview by editor Amy Wood, the volume explores a wide range of topics, such as violence against and among American Indians, labor violence, arson, violence and memory, suicide, and anti-abortion violence. Taken together, these entries broaden our understanding of what has driven southerners of various classes and various ethnicities to commit acts of violence, while addressing the ways in which southerners have conceptualized that violence, responded to it, or resisted it. This volume enriches our understanding of the culture of violence and its impact on ideas about law and crime, about historical tradition and social change, and about race and gender--not only in the South but in the nation as a whole.
Following a detailed overview by editor Amy Wood, the volume explores a wide range of topics, such as violence against and among American Indians, labor violence, arson, violence and memory, suicide, and anti-abortion violence. Taken together, these entries broaden our understanding of what has driven southerners of various classes and various ethnicities to commit acts of violence, while addressing the ways in which southerners have conceptualized that violence, responded to it, or resisted it. This volume enriches our understanding of the culture of violence and its impact on ideas about law and crime, about historical tradition and social change, and about race and gender--not only in the South but in the nation as a whole.
Table of Contents
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- General Introduction
- pp. xi-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. xvii-xviii
- VIOLENCE IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH
- pp. 1-18
- American Indians, Violence toward
- pp. 19-24
- Black Armed Resistance
- pp. 25-30
- Blood Sports
- pp. 30-34
- Capital Punishment
- pp. 34-39
- Church Burnings
- pp. 39-41
- Civil Rights, Federal Enforcement
- pp. 41-45
- Civil Rights–Era Violence
- pp. 45-48
- Corporal Punishment in Schools
- pp. 53-54
- Feuds and Feuding
- pp. 61-63
- Films about Lynching
- pp. 63-67
- Films about Prison
- pp. 67-70
- Labor Violence
- pp. 86-91
- Literature, Violence in
- pp. 91-97
- Mexican Americans, Violence toward
- pp. 107-111
- Militarism
- pp. 111-115
- Nonviolent Protest (Civil Disobedience)
- pp. 115-121
- Organized Crime
- pp. 121-124
- Outlaw-Heroes
- pp. 125-128
- Police Brutality
- pp. 130-132
- Political Violence
- pp. 132-136
- Race Riots
- pp. 141-145
- Reconstruction-Era Violence
- pp. 149-153
- Religion and Violence
- pp. 153-157
- Slave Culture, Violence within
- pp. 157-161
- Slave Patrols
- pp. 161-162
- Slave Revolts
- pp. 162-165
- Slaves, Violence toward
- pp. 165-169
- Song, Black, Violence in
- pp. 169-172
- Song, White, Violence in
- pp. 172-176
- Southwestern Violence
- pp. 176-181
- Vigilantism
- pp. 185-190
- American Indian Blood Revenge
- pp. 192-194
- American Indian Slave Trade
- pp. 194-196
- Ames, Jessie Daniel
- pp. 196-198
- Andersonville Prison
- pp. 198-200
- Angola Prison (Louisiana State Penitentiary)
- pp. 200-201
- Antiabortion Violence
- pp. 201-203
- Antilynching Activism
- pp. 203-204
- Atlanta (Georgia) Race Riots (1906)
- pp. 204-205
- Bacon’s Rebellion
- pp. 205-207
- Birmingham Church Bombing
- pp. 207-209
- The Birth of a Nation
- pp. 209-211
- Black Militias
- pp. 211-213
- “Bonnie and Clyde”
- pp. 213-215
- Bowie Knife
- pp. 215-216
- Byrd, James, Murder of
- pp. 216-217
- Chain Gang
- pp. 217-220
- Convict Leasing
- pp. 220-221
- Copeland, James
- p. 221
- Cortez, Gregorio
- pp. 221-222
- Deliverance
- pp. 222-223
- Donald, Michael, Lynching of
- pp. 223-225
- Elaine (Arkansas) Massacre (1919)
- pp. 225-226
- Evers, Medgar, Assassination of
- pp. 226-228
- Filibusters
- pp. 228-229
- Forrest, Nathan Bedford
- pp. 229-231
- Frank, Leo
- pp. 231-233
- Greensboro (North Carolina) Massacre (1979)
- pp. 233-234
- Guerrilla Bands
- pp. 234-236
- Harlan County, Kentucky
- pp. 236-238
- Hatfields and McCoys
- pp. 238-240
- James Brothers
- pp. 240-241
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., Assassination of
- pp. 241-243
- Knights of the Golden Circle
- pp. 243-244
- Ku Klux Klan, Reconstruction-Era
- pp. 246-249
- Ku Klux Klan, Second (1915–1944)
- pp. 249-251
- Long, Huey, Assassination of
- pp. 251-253
- Lynching Photography
- pp. 253-256
- Night Riders
- pp. 255-256
- Orangeburg (South Carolina) Massacre (1968)
- pp. 256-257
- Parchman (Mississippi State Penitentiary)
- pp. 257-259
- Redfield, H. V.
- pp. 259-261
- Regulator Movement
- pp. 261-262
- Rosewood (Florida) Incident (1923)
- pp. 262-264
- Scottsboro Case
- pp. 264-265
- Sumner-Brooks Affair
- pp. 265-266
- Texas Rangers
- pp. 266-267
- Till, Emmett
- pp. 267-269
- Trail of Tears
- pp. 269-270
- Tulsa (Oklahoma) Race Riot (1921)
- pp. 270-272
- Turner, Nat
- pp. 272-273
- Waco Siege (Branch Davidians)
- pp. 273-275
- Wells-Barnett, Ida B.
- pp. 275-277
- Whitecappers
- pp. 277-278
- Wilmington (North Carolina) Race Riot (1898)
- pp. 278-280
- Index of Contributors
- pp. 281-282
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469602615
Related ISBN(s)
9780807835227, 9780807869284, 9780807872161
MARC Record
OCLC
966902820
Pages
320
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No