White Man's Heaven by Kimberly Harper

White Man's Heaven by Kimberly Harper

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Provides the first investigation into the lynching and expulsion of African Americans in the Missouri and Arkansas Ozarks in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Kimberly Harper shows how an established tradition of extralegal violence and the rapid political, economic, and social change of the New South era combined to create an environment that resulted in interracial violence.

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White Man's Heaven by Kimberly Harper

White Man's Heaven is the first book to investigate the lynching and expulsion of African Americans in the Missouri and Arkansas Ozarks in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Kimberly Harper shows how an established tradition of extralegal violence and the rapid political, economic, and social change of the New South era combined to create an environment that resulted in interracial violence. Even though some whites tried to stop the violence and bring the lynchers to justice, many African Americans fled the Ozarks, leaving only a resilient few behind and forever changing the racial composition of the region.
An invaluable work. . supports and importantly expands on recent studies of sundown towns and racial cleansing." —Journal of Southern History

"Well-written and creatively researched . . . movingly documents 'a dark mark upon the land yet to be removed." —Journal of American History

"Does crucial work in bringing attention to a long-neglected but important aspect of southern Ozarks and Missouri history." —Missouri Historical Review

"Essential reading for anyone who lives in the southern Ozarks." —Arkansas Historical Quarterly

"A cogent and illuminating contribution to the burgeoning scholarship on lynching." —American Historical Review

"Required reading for researchers interested in how lynching and expulsion are indispensable for understanding an important but oftentimes unacknowledged phenomenon in U.S. History." —Choice
Kimberly Harper lives in the Missouri Ozarks.
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ISBN 13 9781557289841
ISBN 10 1557289840
Titel White Man's Heaven
Autor Kimberly Harper
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag University of Arkansas Press
Erscheinungsjahr 2012-08-01
Seitenanzahl 302
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