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Race and homicide in nineteenth-century California
- Title
- Race and homicide in nineteenth-century California / Clare V. McKanna, Jr.
- Author
- McKanna, Clare V., Jr., 1935-2012.
- Publication
- Reno : University of Nevada Press, ©2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HV6533.C2 M246 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 148 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "In Race and Homicide in Nineteenth-Century California, the author presents a portrait of a society in flux, where ancient Spanish and Chinese legal practices collided with English common law and the "Code of the West," where greed, poverty, and downright meanness created tensions that frequently led to bloodshed. The text, enhanced with testimony from contemporary sources and illustrated with period photographs, is an engaging and intelligent study of a frontier society where the law was neither omnipresent nor, frequently, impartial."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities
- Uniform Title
- Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: race and homicide -- Red man: white justice -- Chinese tongs: group solidarity -- Hispanics: justice in a conquered land -- White man: white justice -- Epilogue: prison, homicide rates, and justice.
- ISBN
- 0874175151
- 9780874175158
- LCCN
- 2002004787
- OCLC
- ocm49493581
- 49493581
- SCSB-1268092
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library