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Steeped in a culture of violence : murder, racial injustice, and other violent crimes in Texas, 1965-2020 / edited by Brandon T. Jett and Kenneth W Howell.
Van Pelt Library HV6533.T4 S74 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violent crimes--Texas--History--20th century.
- Violent crimes.
- Violent crimes--Texas--History--21st century.
- Murder--Texas--History.
- Murder.
- Intimate partner violence--Texas--History.
- Intimate partner violence.
- Hate crimes--Texas--History.
- Hate crimes.
- Minorities--Violence against--Texas--History.
- Minorities.
- Gangs--Texas--History.
- Gangs.
- Prison violence--Texas--History.
- Prison violence.
- Mass shootings--Texas--History.
- Mass shootings.
- Minorities--Violence against.
- Texas.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 266 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "This collection of essays examines whether or not a culture of violence exists in modern Texas by examining trends associated with various types of violence within the state as well as the social and political responses to violent behaviors and events from 1965 to the present. Texas history is steeped in brutality and bloodshed, including conflicts between Native American tribes (such as the Comanche and Apache), confrontations between European settlers and indigenous peoples, warfare, violence against slaves, personal feuds, extralegal activities commonly practiced during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, labor strikes and riots, battles between segregationists and civil rights activists, and myriad other incidents. While scholars have argued that industrialization and economic changes coupled with the expansion of state institutions in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries have worked to reduce the frequency and acceptance of violence, recent evidence indicates that the general public does not agree, suggesting instead that a culture of violence has emerged, or perhaps persisted. Beginning with a broad introductory essay, the work proceeds in twelve chapters, each dealing with a specific form of violence. This important and timely collection provides valuable context to discussions on violence in general while providing a close examination of whether or not a culture of violence exists in Texas in the modern era"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Homicide in Modern Texas / Jeffrey L. Littlejohn
- ch. 2 Intimate Partner Violence in Texas / Ashley Baggett
- ch. 3 Fighting the Killing Trail: LGBTQ Activism and the Hate Crime Epidemic in Texas / Christopher P. Haight
- ch. 4 "Those Boys Didn't Learn to Hate Here": Racial Violence in Texas 1965 to 2020 / Michael Phillips
- ch. 5 Gang Violence in Texas: Urban Dynamics over Time / Mike Tapia
- ch. 6 Violence in Texas Prisons / Mitchel P. Roth
- ch. 7 Beyond the Gun: A Brief Examination of Mass Shootings in Texas / Kenneth W. Howell.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781648431333
- 164843133X
- OCLC:
- 1351626580
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