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In the Shadow of the Gallows

- Race, Crime, and American Civic Identity

About In the Shadow of the Gallows

In the Shadow of the Gallows reveals how a sense of racialized culpability shaped Americans' understandings of personhood prior to the Civil War. Jeannine Marie DeLombard draws from legal, literary, and popular texts to address fundamental questions about race, responsibility, and American civic belonging.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780812223170
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 456
  • Published:
  • August 14, 2014
  • Dimensions:
  • 228x154x32 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 738 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: January 25, 2025
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025
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Description of In the Shadow of the Gallows

In the Shadow of the Gallows reveals how a sense of racialized culpability shaped Americans' understandings of personhood prior to the Civil War. Jeannine Marie DeLombard draws from legal, literary, and popular texts to address fundamental questions about race, responsibility, and American civic belonging.

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