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Strain of violence : historical studies of American violence and vigilantism /
These essays, written by leading historian of violence and Presidential Commission consultant Richard Maxwell Brown, consider the challenges posed to American society by the criminal, turbulent, and depressed elements of American life and the violent response of the established order. Covering viole...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1975.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | These essays, written by leading historian of violence and Presidential Commission consultant Richard Maxwell Brown, consider the challenges posed to American society by the criminal, turbulent, and depressed elements of American life and the violent response of the established order. Covering violent incidents from colonial American to the present, Brown presents illuminating discussions of violence and the American Revolution, black-white conflict from slave revolts to the black ghetto riots of the 1960s, the vigilante tradition, and two of America's most violent regions--Central Texas, whic. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 397 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1601295677 9781601295675 9780198020172 0198020171 9780195019438 0195019431 9786610439072 6610439079 1280439076 9781280439070 |