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

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

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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Main Author: Adler, Jeffrey S. (Author)
Format: Online Resource eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Homicide > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
Murder > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social conditions.
Online Access:EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)
Ebook Central Academic Complete
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