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The new encyclopedia of Southern culture. Volume 19, Violence /

Much of the violence that has been associated with the United States has had particular salience for the South, from its high homicide rates, or its bloody history of racial conflict, to southerners' popular attachment to guns and traditional support for capital punishment. With over 95 entries...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: University of Mississippi. Center for the Study of Southern Culture
Otros Autores: Wood, Amy Louise, 1967- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2011]
Colección:New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Much of the violence that has been associated with the United States has had particular salience for the South, from its high homicide rates, or its bloody history of racial conflict, to southerners' popular attachment to guns and traditional support for capital punishment. With over 95 entries, this volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture explores the most significant forms and many of the most harrowing incidences of violence that have plagued southern society over the past 300 years. Following a detailed overview by editor Amy Wood, the volume explores a wide rang.
Notas:"Published with the assistance of the Anniversary Endowment Fund of the University of North Carolina Press."
"Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 299 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780807869284
0807869287
9781469602615
146960261X