This book explores the complex ways in which political debates and legal reforms regarding the criminalization of racial violence have shaped the development of American racial history. Spanning previous campaigns for criminalizing slave abuse; lynching; and Klan violence and contemporary debates about the legal response to hate crimes; this book reveals both continuity and change in terms of the political forces underpinning the enactment of new laws regarding racial violence in different periods and of the social and institutional problems that hinder the effective enforcement of these laws. A thought-provoking analysis of how criminal law reflects and constructs social norms; this book offers a new historical and theoretical perspective for analyzing the limits of current attempts to use criminal legislation as a weapon against racism.
#2971046 in Books Ingramcontent 2015-10-26Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.50 x .30 x 5.51l; .42 #File Name: 099663990X114 pagesPutting on Blue Confederates from the Athens Georgia Area Who Became Galvanized Yankees
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Little Known Era of American History Brought To LifeBy G. PattonThis book is a great addition to the existing body of literature relating to Civil War history. Distinguished historian and author Al Hester has drawn on a wide variety of sources to paint a vivid portrait of a little-known era of American history. It is a story of desperate men; their Cause gone up; faced with brutal conditions in Northern prisons and how they chose to change sides in the war and fight on in the West as "Galvanized Yankees". The term was coined to describe former Confederates whose loyalty; it was supposed; was only as thick as the galvanization on a tin bucket. But this assumption proved wrong in most cases. These former Confederate soldiers were loyal and served honorably in the Federal armies; primarily in the Western Territories; in 1865.My great great grandfather; John Milton Whitmire; born in Jackson County; Georgia; is profiled in the book; which highlights men who were born in the counties around present-day Athens; Georgia. The book contains dozens of excellent photographs; illustrations and paintings. It is a collaboration between the Dr. Hester's Green Berry Press and the Athens Historical Society. A heartfelt thank you to Dr. Hester for this fascinating account of the Galvanized Yankees. My gg grandfather would be proud!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Well done.By John T.I have been tracing the "Galvanized Yankees for some time. From being subjected to horrid conditions driven by retaliatory actions from the highest levels of government in U.S; their. prison experiences festered to to the point of changing allegiance to the U.S. and joining the Union ArmyWell done. . . . .1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Bet You Didnt Know This!By STEPHEN R.SADLERGood read about a little known part of my history as a Southerner!
