Books written by Richard Maxwell Brown
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No Duty to Retreat: Violence and Values in American History and Society
Roberts , “ Earp Brothers , ” 327. Thrapp , Encyclopedia , I : 448 . 122. Roberts , “ Earp Brothers , ” 328 . 123. On turbulent Wichita , see H. Craig Miner , Wichita : The Early Years : 1865-80 ( Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press ...
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No Duty to Retreat: Violence and Values in American History and Society
We have no duty to retreat. No Duty to Retreat offers an engrossing account of how this idea of self-defense emerged, focusing in particular on the gunfights of the frontier and their impact on our legal traditions.
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No Duty to Retreat: Violence and Values in American History and Society
Agreeing with the MaddenBierce view of John J. Doyle and holding that the Southern Pacific and its Big Three leaders were more sinned against (by Doyle and the settlers) than sinning in the Mussel Slough conflict is Richard J. Orsi, ...
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Strain of Violence: Historical Studies of American Violence and Vigilantism
These essays, written by leading historian of violence and Presidential Commission consultant Richard Maxwell Brown, consider the challenges posed to American society by the criminal, turbulent, and depressed elements of...
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Strain of Violence: Historical Studies of American Violence and Vigilantism
... feud in Coahoma (1910), the Johnson-Sims feud in Snyder (1916), and the 1943 feud in Victoria, all of which took place on the margins of central Texas. I'll Die before I'll Run, pp. 288–89. 126. Carl Coke Rister, Oil!: Titan of the ...
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Strain of Violence: Historical Studies of American Violence and Vigilantism
These essays, written by leading historian of violence and Presidential Commission consultant Richard Maxwell Brown, consider the challenges posed to American society by the criminal, turbulent, and depressed elements of American life and ...
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Violence in America: An Encyclopedia
Contains entries that provide information about the history of violence in America, covering people, events, activities, organizations, and many other aspects of the topic; arranged alphabetically from Quakers to Zoot-Suit Riot.
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Violence in America: An Encyclopedia
This text is designed to look at important and complex issues, such as what explanations for violence (biological and cultural) in America have been offered over the years, and how...
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The South Carolina Regulators
The South Carolina Regulators