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Strain of Violence
Richard Maxwell Brown
其他書名
Historical Studies of American Violence and Vigilantism
出版Oxford University Press, 1975-01-02
主題History / United States / GeneralSocial Science / Violence in SocietyHistory / General
ISBN01980201719780198020172
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=vW79dBtockMC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋These essays, written by leading historian of violence and Presidential Commission consultant Richard Maxwell Brown, consider the challenges posed to American society by the criminal, turbulent, and depressed elements of American life and the violent response of the established order. Covering violent incidents from colonial American to the present, Brown presents illuminating discussions of violence and the American Revolution, black-white conflict from slave revolts to the black ghetto riots of the 1960s, the vigilante tradition, and two of America's most violent regions--Central Texas, whic.