Race and homicide in nineteenth-century California /

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"In Race and Homicide in Nineteenth-Century California, the author presents a portrait of a society in flux, where ancient Spanish and Chinese legal practices collided with English common law and the "Code of the West," where greed, poverty, and downright meanness created tensions tha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McKanna, Clare V., Jr., 1935-2012
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reno : University of Nevada Press, ©2002.
Colección:Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities.
Temas:
1800-1899
Geschichte 1850-1900.
Homicide > California > History > 19th century.
TRUE CRIME > General.
Homicide
Race relations
Social conditions
Rassendiskriminierung
Tötung
Moorden.
Rassenverhoudingen.
Rechtspraak.
California > Race relations > History > 19th century.
California > Social conditions > 19th century.
Californie > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Californie > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
California
Kalifornien
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: race and homicide
  • Red man: white justice
  • Chinese tongs: group solidarity
  • Hispanics: justice in a conquered land
  • White man: white justice
  • Epilogue: prison, homicide rates, and justice.

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