Documenting American violence : a sourcebook / edited by Christopher Waldrep and Michael Bellesiles.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waldrep, Christopher, 1951-

Bellesiles, Michael A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--United States--History--Sources.

Violence.

United States--History--Sources.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Through contemporary voices, Documenting American Violence tracks the changes in the nature of American violence. This anthology looks at violence as an integral part of American history and includes excerpts from a wide range of primary sources, including court records. newspaper accounts, and political documents. Topics include violence and the conquest of America, Revolutionary violence, slavery, the Civil War, lynching, the West, industrial violence, civil rights, domestic violence, and crime as social drama. Taken together, they open a new window on American history, covering the colonial

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 CRIME AS SOCIAL DRAMA; 2 THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA; 3 REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE; 4 SLAVERY; 5 THE CIVIL WAR; 6 THE NEW SOUTH; 7 THE WILD WEST IN MYTH AND REALITY; 8 THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF VIOLENCE; 9 VIOLENCE AS A MEANS OF CRIME CONTROL; 10 CIVIL RIGHTS; 11 LOST TO HISTORY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-53236-X

0-19-972432-6

1-4294-0333-0

OCLC:

476106207

Publisher Number:

9780195150032

9780195150049