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010 _a 2016018237
020 _a9780393293012 (hardcover)
100 1 _aPhillips, Patrick,
_d1970-
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245 1 0 _aBlood at the root :
_ba racial cleansing in America /
_cPatrick Phillips.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York ;
_aLondon :
_bW.W. Norton & Company,
_c[2016]
300 _axxii, 302 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: Law of the land -- The scream -- Riot, rout, tumult -- The missing girl -- And the mob came on -- A straw in the whirlwind -- The devil's own horses -- The majesty of the law -- Fastening the noose -- We condemn this conduct -- Crush the thing in its infancy -- The scaffold -- When they were slaves -- Driven to the cook stoves -- Exile, 1913/1920 -- Erasure, 1920/1970 -- The attempted murder of Miguel Marcelli -- The brotherhood march, 1987 -- Silence is consent -- Epilogue: A pack of wild dogs.
520 _a""A gripping tale of racial cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia and ... testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America ... Patrick Phillips breaks the century-long silence of his hometown and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century""--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 _aAfrican Americans -- Crimes against -- Georgia -- Forsyth County -- History -- 20th century.
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650 _aHISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
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650 _aRace relations -- Georgia -- Forsyth County.
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650 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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651 0 _aForsyth County (Ga.)
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