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American homicide
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Title
American homicide [electronic resource] / Randolph Roth.
ISBN
9780674035201 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
Physical Description
xv, 655 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 14, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 588-640) and index.
Contents
"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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