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First in violence, deepest in dirt : homicide in Chicago, 1875-1920 /

Between 1875 and 1920, Chicago's homicide rate more than quadrupled, making it the most violent major urban center in the United States--or, in the words of Lincoln Steffens, "first in violence, deepest in dirt." In many ways, however, Chicago became more orderly as it grew. Hundreds...

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Основен автор: Adler, Jeffrey S.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=282288
Подобни документи: Print version:: First in violence, deepest in dirt.
Съдържание:
  • "So you refuse to drink with me, do you?"
  • "I loved my wife so I killed her"
  • "He got what he deserved"
  • "If ever that black dog crosses the threshold of my house, I will kill him"
  • "The dead man's hand"
  • "A good place to drown babies"
  • "A butcher at the stockyard killing sheep."