History of Violence in America
A Report to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence

Graham, Hugh Davis; Gurr, Ted Robert

Publisher: New York Times Book, New York, USA
Year First Published: {14321 History of Violence in America HISTORY OF VIOLENCE IN AMERICA A Report to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence Graham, Hugh Davis; Gurr, Ted Robert New York Times Book New York USA A study of violence in the United States which seeks to determine how violence became part of America life. 1969 1970 858pp BC14321s-HistoryViolence.jpg B Book - Table of Contents Special Introduction Preface Introduction Acknowledgments Part I: A Historical Overview of Violence in Europe and America 1. Collective Violence in European Perspective 2. Historical Patterns of Violence in America Appendix - A 150-year study of political violence in the United States Part II: Immigrant Societies and the Frontier Tradition 3. A Comparative Study of Fragment Cultures 4. The Frontier Tradition: An Invitation to Violence 5. The American Vigilante Tradition Appendix - American vigilante movements 6. Violence in American Literature and Folk Lore Part III: The History of Working-Class Protest and Violence 7. On the Origins and Resolution of English Working-Class Protest 8. American Labour Violence: Its Causes, Character, and Outcome Part IV: Patterns and Sources of Racial Aggression 9. Black Violence in the 20th Century: A Study in Rhetoric and Retaliation 10. Patterns of Collective Racial Violence 11. The Dynamics of Black and White Violence Part V: Perspectives on Crime in the United States 12. Urbanization and Criminal Violence in the 19th Century: Massachusetts as a Test Case 13. A Contemporary History of American Crime 14. Southern Violence Part VI: International Conflict and Internal Strife 15. Domestic Violence and America's Wars: A Historical Interpretation 16. International War and Domestic Turmoil: Some Contemporary Evidence Part VII: Comparative Patterns of Strife and Violence 17. A comparative Study of Civil Strife 18. Social Change and Political Violence: Cross-National Patterns Part VIII: Processes of Rebellion 19. The J-Curve of Rising and Declining Satisfactions as a Cause of Some Great Revolutions and a Contained Rebellion 20. Batista and Betancourt: Alternative Responses to Violence Part IX: Ecological and Anthropological Perspectives 21. Overcrowding and Human Aggression 22. Defensive Cultural Adaptation Conclusion Figures Tables 1 false false true CA14321.htm [0xc002220cc0] Ca}
Year Published: 1970
Pages: 858pp Resource Type: Book

A study of violence in the United States which seeks to determine how violence became part of America life.

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Table of Contents

Special Introduction
Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgments

Part I: A Historical Overview of Violence in Europe and America
1. Collective Violence in European Perspective
2. Historical Patterns of Violence in America
Appendix - A 150-year study of political violence in the United States

Part II: Immigrant Societies and the Frontier Tradition
3. A Comparative Study of Fragment Cultures
4. The Frontier Tradition: An Invitation to Violence
5. The American Vigilante Tradition
Appendix - American vigilante movements
6. Violence in American Literature and Folk Lore

Part III: The History of Working-Class Protest and Violence
7. On the Origins and Resolution of English Working-Class Protest
8. American Labour Violence: Its Causes, Character, and Outcome

Part IV: Patterns and Sources of Racial Aggression
9. Black Violence in the 20th Century: A Study in Rhetoric and Retaliation
10. Patterns of Collective Racial Violence
11. The Dynamics of Black and White Violence

Part V: Perspectives on Crime in the United States
12. Urbanization and Criminal Violence in the 19th Century: Massachusetts as a Test Case
13. A Contemporary History of American Crime
14. Southern Violence

Part VI: International Conflict and Internal Strife
15. Domestic Violence and America's Wars: A Historical Interpretation
16. International War and Domestic Turmoil: Some Contemporary Evidence

Part VII: Comparative Patterns of Strife and Violence
17. A comparative Study of Civil Strife
18. Social Change and Political Violence: Cross-National Patterns

Part VIII: Processes of Rebellion
19. The J-Curve of Rising and Declining Satisfactions as a Cause of Some Great Revolutions and a Contained Rebellion
20. Batista and Betancourt: Alternative Responses to Violence

Part IX: Ecological and Anthropological Perspectives
21. Overcrowding and Human Aggression
22. Defensive Cultural Adaptation

Conclusion
Figures
Tables

Subject Headings

Violence

History of Violence in AmericaA Report to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence

Subject Headings

History of Violence in America
A Report to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence