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In the Shadow of the Gallows: Race, Crime, and American Civic Identity (Haney Foundation Series)
| Full title: | In the Shadow of the Gallows: Race, Crime, and American Civic Identity (Haney Foundation Series) |
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| ISBN: | 9780812223170 |
| ISBN 10: | 0812223179 |
| Authors: | DeLombard, Jeannine Marie |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Num. pages: | 456 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Language: | en |
| Published on: | 2014 |
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Synopsis
In The Shadow Of The Gallows Reveals How A Sense Of Racialized Culpability Shaped Americans' Understandings Of Personhood Prior To The Civil War. Jeannine Marie Delombard Draws From Legal, Literary, And Popular Texts To Address Fundamental Questions About Race, Responsibility, And American Civic Belonging.