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

By Jeffrey S. Adler

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780674020085
DOI
10.4159/9780674020085
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
907 kB (928308 bytes)
Pages
377\377
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 07:49:57

Description

Between 1875 and 1920, Chicago’s homicide rate more than quadrupled. Based on an analysis of nearly six thousand homicide cases, this book examines the ways in which industrialization, immigration, poverty, ethnic and racial conflict, and powerful cultural forces reshaped Chicago city life and generated soaring levels of lethal violence.

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