The Six-Shooter State: Public and Private Violence in American Politics

ISBN-13: 9781108454148 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 284 str.

Jonathan Obert

Opis

Public and private forms of violence have co-evolved rather than competed in America's political development since the nineteenth century

Recenzje

'The research is impressive, and the historical information included in the volume is extensive.' J. P. Dunn, Choice

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Jurisdictional decoupling as institutional change; 3. Bandits, elites, and vigilantes in antebellum Illinois; 4. Pinkertons and police in antebellum Chicago; 5. Racist vigilantism as reform in reconstruction Louisiana; 6. The violent careers of American gunfighters; 7. Conclusion; Index.