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"Kloppe-Santamaría offers readers an eclectic, theoretically informed, and accessible account of a topic that remains urgent to Mexico’s past and future." * New Mexico Historical Review *

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations

Introduction
In the Name of Justice: Lynch Mobs and the State in Post-Revolutionary Mexico

1. Between Civilization and Barbarity
Lynching and State Formation in Post-Revolutionary Mexico

2. In the Name of Christ
Lynching and Religion in Post-Revolutionary Mexico

3. The Lynching of Atrocious Criminals
Justice, Crime News, and Extralegal Violence

4. The Lynching of the Wicked
Fat Stealers, Bloodsuckers, and Witches in Post-Revolutionary Mexico

Conclusion
Lynching Past and Present: Notes on Mexico and Latin America’s Trajectory of Violence

Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 18/08/2020
      ISBN13: 9780520344037, 978-0520344037
      ISBN10: 0520344030

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "Kloppe-Santamaría offers readers an eclectic, theoretically informed, and accessible account of a topic that remains urgent to Mexico’s past and future." * New Mexico Historical Review *

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations
      Acknowledgments
      Abbreviations

      Introduction
      In the Name of Justice: Lynch Mobs and the State in Post-Revolutionary Mexico

      1. Between Civilization and Barbarity
      Lynching and State Formation in Post-Revolutionary Mexico

      2. In the Name of Christ
      Lynching and Religion in Post-Revolutionary Mexico

      3. The Lynching of Atrocious Criminals
      Justice, Crime News, and Extralegal Violence

      4. The Lynching of the Wicked
      Fat Stealers, Bloodsuckers, and Witches in Post-Revolutionary Mexico

      Conclusion
      Lynching Past and Present: Notes on Mexico and Latin America’s Trajectory of Violence

      Appendix
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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