Research Catalog

Title

Steeped in a culture of violence : murder, racial injustice, and other violent crimes in Texas, 1965-2020 / edited by Brandon T. Jett and Kenneth W Howell.

Publication

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2023]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Jett, Brandon T.
• Howell, Kenneth Wayne, 1967-

Description

xi, 266 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm.

Summary

"This collection of essays examines whether or not a culture of violence exists in modern Texas by examining trends associated with various types of violence within the state as well as the social and political responses to violent behaviors and events from 1965 to the present. Texas history is steeped in brutality and bloodshed, including conflicts between Native American tribes (such as the Comanche and Apache), confrontations between European settlers and indigenous peoples, warfare, violence against slaves, personal feuds, extralegal activities commonly practiced during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, labor strikes and riots, battles between segregationists and civil rights activists, and myriad other incidents. While scholars have argued that industrialization and economic changes coupled with the expansion of state institutions in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries have worked to reduce the frequency and acceptance of violence, recent evidence indicates that the general public does not agree, suggesting instead that a culture of violence has emerged, or perhaps persisted. Beginning with a broad introductory essay, the work proceeds in twelve chapters, each dealing with a specific form of violence. This important and timely collection provides valuable context to discussions on violence in general while providing a close examination of whether or not a culture of violence exists in Texas in the modern era"--

Series Statement

Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest

Uniform Title

Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest.

Subject

• 1900-2099
• Violent crimes > Texas > History > 20th century
• Violent crimes > Texas > History > 21st century
• Murder > Texas > History
• Intimate partner violence > Texas > History
• Hate crimes > Texas > History
• Minorities > Violence against > History. > Texas
• Gangs > Texas > History
• Prison violence > Texas > History
• Mass shootings > Texas > History
• Gangs
• Hate crimes
• Intimate partner violence
• Mass shootings
• Minorities > Violence against
• Murder
• Prison violence
• Violent crimes
• Texas

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction. Violence in Texas History / Brandon T. Jett and Kenneth W. Howell -- Homicide in Modern Texas / Jeffrey L. Littlejohn -- Intimate Partner Violence in Texas / Ashley Baggett -- Fighting the Killing Trail: LGBTQ Activism and the Hate Crime Epidemic in Texas / Christopher P. Haight -- "Those Boys Didn't Learn to Hate Here": Racial Violence in Texas 1965 to 2020 / Betsy Friauf and Michael Phillips -- Gang Violence in Texas: Urban Dynamics over Time / Mike Tapia -- Violence in Texas Prisons / Mitchel P. Roth -- Beyond the Gun: A Brief Examination of Mass Shootings in Texas / Kenneth W. Howell.

Call Number

JFE 23-3623

ISBN

• 9781648431333
• 164843133X
• 9781648431340 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2022043321

OCLC

1351626580

Title

Steeped in a culture of violence : murder, racial injustice, and other violent crimes in Texas, 1965-2020 / edited by Brandon T. Jett and Kenneth W Howell.

Publisher

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2023]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest

Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-2099

Added Author

Jett, Brandon T., editor.

Howell, Kenneth Wayne, 1967- editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 23-3623