Dangerous Strangers : Minority Newcomers and Criminal Violence in the Urban West, 1850-2000 / by K. Mullen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mullen, Kevin J., 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History.

United States.

History, Modern.

America--History.

America.

World history.

US History.

Modern History.

History of the Americas.

World History, Global and Transnational History.

Local Subjects:

US History.

Modern History.

History of the Americas.

World History, Global and Transnational History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2005.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Have newcomers to American cities been responsible for a disproportionate amount of violent crime? Dangerous Strangers takes up this question by examining the incidence of criminal violence among several waves of immigrant/ethnic groups in San Francisco over 150 years. By looking at a variety of groups - Irish, German, Italian, and Chinese immigrants, primarily - and their different experiences at varying times in the city's history, this study addresses the issue of how much violence can be attributed to new groups' treatment by the host society and how much can be traced to traits found in their community of origin. Dangerous Strangers fills an acknowledged gap in the literature of homicide studies and broadens our understanding of newcomer violence.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Australians; 3 Latinos; 4 Irish; 5 Chinese; 6 Italians; 7 African Americans; 8 Violent Rainbow; Afterword; Appendix 1 Methods; Appendix 2 Sources; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-195) and index.

ISBN:

9786611368784

9781281368782

1281368784

9781403980625

1403980624

OCLC:

560470667