Murder in America A History

Name: Murder in America A History
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ISBN: 9780814207338

ISBN-10: 0814207332

ISBN-13: 9780814207338

Edition: 1997

Authors: Roger LANE

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A study of criminal homicide in America from precolonial times to the present, drawing on accounts of witnesses, official documents, physical remains, and private papers to reconstruct representative cases of the past and look for broader trends. Investigates why murder rates go up or down at different periods, how the justice system has dealt with murder, and the roles of economic difference, family structure, and media, seeking to explain why postindustrial America has the highest murder rate in the developed world. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Publication date: 10/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 399
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Historian as Detective


The British Background


The Colonial Era, 1607-1776


The American Revolution and the Early Republic, 1776-1829


The Antebellum Decades and the Civil War, 1829-1865


The Civil War to World War I, 1865-1917


World War I to World War II, 1917-1941


World War II to the Vietnam War, 1941-1963


The Sixties, 1963-1974


Murder in Contemporary America, 1974 to the Present: A Historical Perspective


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Index