Imposing Order without Law : American Expansion to the Eastern Sierra, 1850-1865

"Imposing Order Without Law examines the history surrounding nineteenth century American settlers in two remote regions-the slopes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada and the Honey Lake Valley-who used extralegal means to establish order in their communities. The book reveals the use and effects of gr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Makley, Michael J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Nevada Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Violence.
Vigilantism.
Social control.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Ethnic relations.
Social control > Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) > History > 19th century.
Vigilantism > Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.).
Violence > Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) > History > 19th century.
United States > Sierra Nevada.
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) > Ethnic relations.
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Imposing Order Without Law examines the history surrounding nineteenth century American settlers in two remote regions-the slopes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada and the Honey Lake Valley-who used extralegal means to establish order in their communities. The book reveals the use and effects of group violence used to enforce community edicts which transformed the Native People's world into colonial outposts"--
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781647790745

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