Gunfighters, highwaymen, & vigilantes : violence on the frontier / Roger D. McGrath.
Gunfighters, highwaymen, & vigilantes : violence on the frontier / Roger D. McGrath.
Alternate Title
:
Gunfighters, highwaymen, and vigilantes
By
:
McGrath, Roger D.
Publication Date
:
1984
Publication Information
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Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press,
Physical Description
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xvi, 291 p. : ill.
Subject Term
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Violence -- California -- Aurora -- Case studies.
Violence -- California -- Bodie -- Case studies.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Violence -- West (U.S.) -- Case studies.
Bibliography Note
:
Bibliography: p. 273-280.
Summary
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From the the frontier, says conventional wisdom, a structured society did not exist and social control was largely absent; law enforcement and the criminal justice system had limited, if any, influence; and danger--both from man and from the elements--was ever present. This view of the frontier is projected by motion pictures, television, popular literature, and most scholarly histories. But was the frontier really all that violent? What was the nature of the violence that did occur? Were frontier towns more violent that cities in the East? Has America inherited a violent way of life from the frontier? Was the frontier more violent than the United States is today? This book attempts to answer these questions and others about violence and lawlessness on the frontier and do so in a new way.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780520051010
General Note
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Includes index.
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Summerford (GSD) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 978 M17 | Please Request |