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Law and order in Buffalo Bill's country : legal culture and community on the Great Plains, 1867-1910 /
Celebrated accounts of lawless towns that relied on the extra-legal justice of armed citizens and hired gunmen are part of the enduring cultural legacy of the American West. This work presents a case study of law and legal culture in Lincoln County, Nebraska, during the nineteenth century. It also e...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Law in the American West.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Celebrated accounts of lawless towns that relied on the extra-legal justice of armed citizens and hired gunmen are part of the enduring cultural legacy of the American West. This work presents a case study of law and legal culture in Lincoln County, Nebraska, during the nineteenth century. It also examines legal institutions on the Great Plains. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 262 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-251) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780803258020 080325802X 1281092207 9781281092205 9786611092207 661109220X |