The Lynching of Sicilian Immigrants in the American South, 1886-1910
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16769488 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carmen Webb (0000-0002-6883-420X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-76 |
| Publication date | 2002-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Nineteenth Century History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1466-4658 • E-ISSN: 1743-7903 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/713998981 |
| OpenAlex | W2071536510 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
In recent years scholars have produced numerous important studies of white mob violence against African Americans. The lynching of white ethnics nonetheless remains a relatively neglected subject. This article looks beyond the black-white paradigm by analyzing the causes and characteristics of mob attacks on Sicilian immigrants. Between 1886 and 1910, southern lynch mobs murdered 27 Sicilians. The mobs were motivated by a number of factors, including racial enmity and economic competition. Sicilians were not passive victims of mob violence. In assessing the nature of Sicilian resistance, the article draws explicit contrasts with the experience of African Americans. Sicilians, especially the diplomatic representatives who lobbied Washington for redress, commanded stronger institutional resources than African Americans. It is this political leverage that explains the more sudden decline of anti-Sicilian violence in the South
Criminology · Ethnology · Immigration · Political science · Politics · Redress · Sicilian · Sociology · White (mutation · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Race, History, and American Society
Introduction
Aufsätze /Articles. „Massen“ und „Massengesellschaft“ um die Jahrhundertwende
Italian Immigrants, Whiteness, and Race
Troubling America's historical waters
Anti-Italianism
The law recognizes racial instinct”
The Strange Career of Judge Lynch
The Racial Position of European Immigrants 1883–1941
Black dagoes? Italian immigrants’ racial status in the United States
Lynching in the Mid‐Atlantic, 1882–1940
The Lynching of Italians and the Rise of Antilynching Politics in the United States
Segmented assimilation and mobility among men in the early 20th century
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |