First in violence, deepest in dirt : homicide in Chicago, 1875-1920 /

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Between 1875 and 1920, Chicago's homicide rate more than quadrupled, making it the most violent major urban center in the United States--or, in the words of Lincoln Steffens, "first in violence, deepest in dirt." In many ways, however, Chicago became more orderly as it grew. Hundreds...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adler, Jeffrey S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.
Temas:
Homicide > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
Murder > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
Homicide > Illinois > Chicago > Études de cas.
Meurtre > Illinois > Chicago > Études de cas.
TRUE CRIME > General.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Homicide.
Murder.
Social conditions
Kriminalität
Mord
Chicago (Ill.) > Social conditions.
Chicago (Ill.) > Conditions sociales.
Illinois > Chicago.
Chicago, Ill.
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "So you refuse to drink with me, do you?"
  • "I loved my wife so I killed her"
  • "He got what he deserved"
  • "If ever that black dog crosses the threshold of my house, I will kill him"
  • "The dead man's hand"
  • "A good place to drown babies"
  • "A butcher at the stockyard killing sheep."

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