First in Violence, Deepest in Dirt : : Homicide in Chicago, 1875-1920 /

First in Violence, Deepest in Dirt : : Homicide in Chicago, 1875-1920 / / Jeffrey S Adler.

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Between 1875 and 1920, Chicago's homicide rate more than quadrupled. Based on an analysis of nearly six thousand homicide cases, First in Violence, Deepest in Dirt examines the ways in which industrialization, immigration, poverty, ethnic and racial conflict, and powerful cultural forces reshap...

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Adler, Jeffrey S,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2006
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. "So You Refuse to Drink with Me, Do You?"
  • 2. "I Loved My Wife So I Killed Her"
  • 3. "He Got What He Deserved"
  • 4. "If Ever That Black Dog Crosses the Threshold of My House, I Will Kill Him"
  • 5. "The Dead Man's Hand"
  • 6. "A Good Place to Drown Babies"
  • 7. "A Butcher at the Stockyard Killing Sheep"
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Methodology
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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