Lineaments of Wrath: Race, Violent Crime, and American Culture - Hardcover

-The Lineaments of Wrath by James W. Clarke stunningly treats the mighty collision of four centuries of violent oppression of African Americans by white Americans with the current explosive subculture of black-ghetto violence. As no other scholar has done, Clarke explores the deep historical roots of our late-twentieth century crisis in American race relations--an urgent example of how the present must learn from the past to insure a future of peace and civility.- --Richard Maxwell Brown, professor of history, University of Oregon -In this thoroughly researched and elegantly organised study, Professor James Clarke makes a significant contribution to understanding of the historical and political origins of race-based violence in the United States. In The Lineaments of Wrath, Clarke combines archival research with an impressive range of secondary sources to examine key aspects of contemporary violence in America. It is an extremely valuable piece of research.- --Desmond King, professor of politics, University of Oxford -Clarke combines statistical evidence and a careful appraisal of secondary sources with a sometimes grisly recounting of illustrative incidents to produce an impressive analysis of the political economy of four centuries of both random and systematic race-based violence and oppression.- --Gary Klass, Perspectives on Political Science -In this comprehensive, no-holds-barred study Clarke... reviews the history of race relations from slavery and Emancipation, the immediate post-Civil War period of Reconstruction to 'Restoration' and the emergence of Jim Crow segregation (what white southerners once called 'Redemption') to the ill-fated move to the dark ghettoes of the 'Promised Land, ' the urban north.- --Peter Rose, Choice "The Lineaments of Wrath by James W. Clarke stunningly treats the mighty collision of four centuries of violent oppression of African Americans by white Americans with the current explosive subculture of black-ghetto violence. As no other scholar has done, Clarke explores the deep historical roots of our late-twentieth century crisis in American race relations--an urgent example of how the present must learn from the past to insure a future of peace and civility." --Richard Maxwell Brown, professor of history, University of Oregon "In this thoroughly researched and elegantly organised study, Professor James Clarke makes a significant contribution to understanding of the historical and political origins of race-based violence in the United States. In The Lineaments of Wrath, Clarke combines archival research with an impressive range of secondary sources to examine key aspects of contemporary violence in America. It is an extremely valuable piece of research." --Desmond King, professor of politics, University of Oxford "Clarke combines statistical evidence and a careful appraisal of secondary sources with a sometimes grisly recounting of illustrative incidents to produce an impressive analysis of the political economy of four centuries of both random and systematic race-based violence and oppression." --Gary Klass, Perspectives on Political Science "In this comprehensive, no-holds-barred study Clarke... reviews the history of race relations from slavery and Emancipation, the immediate post-Civil War period of Reconstruction to 'Restoration' and the emergence of Jim Crow segregation (what white southerners once called 'Redemption') to the ill-fated move to the dark ghettoes of the 'Promised Land, ' the urban north." --Peter Rose, Choice "The Lineaments of Wrath by James W. Clarke stunningly treats the mighty collision of four centuries of violent oppression of African Americans by white Americans with the current explosive subculture of black-ghetto violence. As no other scholar has done, Clarke explores the deep historical roots of our late-twentieth century crisis in American race relations--an urgent example of how the present must learn from the past to insure a future of peace and civility." --Richard Maxwell Brown, professor of history, University of Oregon "In this thoroughly researched and elegantly organised study, Professor James Clarke makes a significant contribution to understanding of the historical and political origins of race-based violence in the United States. In The Lineaments of Wrath, Clarke combines archival research with an impressive range of secondary sources to examine key aspects of contemporary violence in America. It is an extremely valuable piece of research." --Desmond King, professor of politics, University of Oxford "Clarke combines statistical evidence and a careful appraisal of secondary sources with a sometimes grisly recounting of illustrative incidents to produce an impressive analysis of the political economy of four centuries of both random and systematic race-based violence and oppression." --Gary Klass, Perspectives on Political Science "In this comprehensive, no-holds-barred study Clarke... reviews the history of race relations from slavery and Emancipation, the immediate post-Civil War period of Reconstruction to 'Restoration' and the emergence of Jim Crow segregation (what white southerners once called 'Redemption') to the ill-fated move to the dark ghettoes of the 'Promised Land, ' the urban north." --Peter Rose, Choice "In this comprehensive, no-holds-barred study Clarke... reviews the history of race relations from slavery and Emancipation, the immediate post-Civil War period of Reconstruction to 'Restoration' and the emergence of Jim Crow segregation (what white southerners once called 'Redemption') to the ill-fated move to the dark ghettoes of the 'Promised Land, ' the urban north." - Peter Rose, Choice "Clarke combines statistical evidence and a careful appraisal of secondary sources with a sometimes grisly recounting of illustrative incidents to produce an impressive analysis of the political economy of four centuries of both random and systematic race-based violence and oppression." - Gary Klass, Perspectives on Political Science

Violence has marked black-white relations in America for nearly 400 years. This study draws upon behavioural science theory and primary historical evidence to examine its causes and its enduring consequences.