Six-shooter state, the: public and private violence in american politics
Auteur :
Obert, Jonathan
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108454148
Date de publication :
18 oct. 2018
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,4 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
420 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Vigilantes and private security firms have not traditionally competed with police departments and other governmental forms of providing protection within the US; instead, using a series of historical cases, this book shows that a wide variety of public and private kinds of violence have instead developed together since the mid-nineteenth century.