"A John Hope Franklin Center book"--P. [i]. Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-286) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Searching for California's hang trees -- Counting the dead : frontier justice and the antilynching movement -- The greatest good : capital punishment or popular justice? -- In the shadow of photography : copy prints in the archive -- Signifying bodies : unblushing and monstrous -- The wonder gaze -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Case list of lynchings and summary executions -- Appendix 2: Selected list of legal and military executions -- Appendix 3: Pardons, 1849-59.
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