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The "State Line Country" of this book is a rugged area of small farms on the Kentucky-Tennessee border. Historically the area has had a homicide rate more than ten times the national average. In this gripping and penetrating study of violence and death in the State Line Country, Lynwood Mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, 1986.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Geschichte
Gewaltkriminalität
Violence.
Rural conditions.
Homicide.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Violence > Tennessee > Histoire.
Violence > Kentucky > Histoire.
Violence > Tennessee > History.
Violence > Kentucky > History.
Homicide > Tennessee > History.
Homicide > Kentucky > History.
Tennessee
Kentucky
Tennessee.
Kentucky.
Tennessee > Conditions rurales.
Kentucky > Conditions rurales.
Tennessee > Rural conditions.
Kentucky > Rural conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • In the beginning
  • The self-sufficient years
  • A changing culture
  • Violence between the World Wars
  • A new generation
  • Conclusion.

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