A Festival of Violence

An Analysis of Southern Lynchings, 1882-1930

• Author(s): Stewart Emory Tolnay, E. M. Beck,
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Pages: 297
• ISBN_10: 0252064135
  ISBN_13: 9780252064135
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) , History / African American & Black , Social Science / General , Social Science / Discrimination , Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations , True Crime / General ,

Description:... This finely detailed statistical study of lynching in ten southern states shows that economic and status concerns were at the heart of that violent
practice. Stewart Tolnay and E. M. Beck empirically test competing explanations of the causes of lynching, using U.S. Census and historical voting data and a newly constructed inventory of southern lynch victims. Among their surprising findings: lynching responded to fluctuations in the price of cotton, decreasing in frequency when prices rose and increasing when they fell.