1st Edition
The Lineaments of Wrath Race, Violent Crime and American Culture
By James W. Clarke
Copyright 1998
339 Pages
by
Routledge
339 Pages
by
Routledge
339 Pages
by
Routledge
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Violence has marked relations between blacks and whites in America for nearly four hundred years. In The Lineaments of Wrath , James W. Clarke draws upon behavioral science theory and primary historical evidence to examine and explain its causes and enduring consequences. Beginning with slavery and concluding with the present, Clarke describes how the combined effects of state-sanctioned mob... Read more
1. Violence Begets Violence Part I: Slavery 2. The Lineaments of Wrath 3. Scarred in the Flame of Withering Injustice Part II: Reconstruction 4. No More Auction Block 5. The Paradox of Emancipation 6. The Failure of Reform 7. KKK: The Assault on Black Families Part III: The Restoration 8. Convict Labor 9. A Lawless Loyalty to Color 10. The Scourge of Lynching 11. Segregation, Disfranchisement, and Legal Lynchings 12. The Richest Soil, the Poorest People Part IV: The Urban Transformation 13. The Promised Land 14. Black-on-Black Homicide, 1900-1939 15. Dark Ghettos 16. Killing Fumes Part V: Consequences 17. Vanishing Families 18. Urban Tribal Societies 19. Conclusions
Biography
Clarke, James W.
