American homicide
"Cuttinge one anothers throates" : homicide in early modern Europe and America -- "All hanging together" : the decline of homicide in the Colonial Period -- Family and intimate homicide in the first two centuries -- "A sense of their rights" : homicide in the age of rev...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
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| Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. UB: KB 20 A 4133 |
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| Summary: | "Cuttinge one anothers throates" : homicide in early modern Europe and America -- "All hanging together" : the decline of homicide in the Colonial Period -- Family and intimate homicide in the first two centuries -- "A sense of their rights" : homicide in the age of revolution -- The emergence of regional differences : homicide in the postrevolutionary period -- The rise in family and intimate homicide in the nineteenth century -- "All is confusion, excitement and distrust" : America becomes a homicidal nation -- The modern pattern is set : homicide from the end of Reconstruction to World War I -- The problem endures : homicide from World War I to the present -- Conclusion : can America's homicide problem be solved? |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XV, 655 S. graph. Darst., Kt. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780674064119 9780674035201 |