Global lynching and collective violence: Volume 2, The Americas and Europe

The word lynching is most likely American in origin, but the practice of lynching, defined by scholars as extralegal group assault and/or murder motivated by social control concerns, can be found in many global cultures and eras. This collection of essays looks at lynching and related varieties of collective violence, such as vigilantism and rioting, across world cultures. Analyzing lynching and collective violence in the Americas and Europe, the chapters highlight both the presence of mob violence in a number of cultures and eras and the particularity of its occurrence in certain cultural and historical contexts.

"Title Page" -- "Copyright Page" -- "Contents" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Introduction" -- "1 - Collective Violence and Popular Justice in the Later Middle Ages" -- "2 - Unofficial Justice and Community in Rural Russia, 1856–1914" -- "3 - "A Lei De Lynch": Reconsidering the View from Brazil of Lynching in the United States, 1880s–1920s" -- "4 - Lynching, Religion, and Politics in Twentieth-Century Puebla" -- "5 - "Canadians are not Proficient in the Art of Lynching": Mob Violence, Social Regulation, and National Identity" -- "6 - "Negro and White Unite": The Communist Party's Campaign against Lynching in Indiana and Maryland, 1930–1933" -- "7 - Bonded in Hate: The Violent Development of American Skinhead Culture" -- "Contributors