| Reviews |
| - 'a wonderful classroom resource.' - Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, American Studies
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| Description | | Through contemporary voices, Documenting American Violence
tracks the changes in the nature of American violence. This anthology looks at violence as an integral part of American history and includes excerpts from a wide range of primary sources, including court records. newspaper accounts, and political documents. Topics include violence and the conquest of America, Revolutionary violence,
slavery, the Civil War, lynching, the West, industrial violence, civil rights, domestic violence, and crime as social drama. Taken together, they open a new window on American history, covering the colonial period, the American Revolution, the Age of Jackson, the Civil War, the industrial revolution, World War II, the Sixties, and contemporary America.
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Christopher Waldrep, Pasker Chair of American History, San Francisco State University and
Michael Bellesiles
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