The Montana Vigilantes 1863-1870 : Gold,Guns and Gallows /

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Historians and novelists alike have described the vigilantism that took root in the gold-mining communities of Montana in the mid-1860s, but Mark C. Dillon is the first to examine the subject through the prism of American legal history, considering the state of criminal justice and law enforcement i...

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Main Author: Dillon, Mark C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Vigilantes.
Vigilance committees.
Outlaws.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Hors-la-loi > Montana > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Membres de groupes d'autodefense > Montana > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Frontier and pioneer life > Montana.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Montana > History > 19th century.
Outlaws > Montana > History > 19th century.
Vigilantes > Montana > History > 19th century.
Vigilance committees > Montana > History > 19th century.
Montana.
Montana > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Historians and novelists alike have described the vigilantism that took root in the gold-mining communities of Montana in the mid-1860s, but Mark C. Dillon is the first to examine the subject through the prism of American legal history, considering the state of criminal justice and law enforcement in the western territories and also trial procedures, gubernatorial politics, legislative enactments, and constitutional rights. Using newspaper articles, diaries, letters, biographies, invoices, and books that speak to the compelling history of Montana's vigilantism in the 1860s, Dillon exa.
Physical Description:1 online resource (416 pages).
ISBN:9780874219203

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