Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; Violence as Morality; Third Parties; Black's Theoretical Paradigm; Four Foci; 2 The U-Curve of Violence I; Status Patterns in Criminal Homicide; Elite Violence; Third-Party Social Status; 3 The U-Curve of Violence 2; Violence in Stateless Societies; Informal Settlement; 4 Configurations of War and Peace; Black's Theory of Partisanship; Feuding without End: Close and Distant Group Ties; Homicide without Feuding: Close and Distant Individual Ties; The Dilemma of Violence: Cross-Cutting Ties.
Peaceful Indifference: Distant Individual Ties5 Foundations of Honor; Classical Honor; Modern Honor; Tie Stability; Statelessness; 6 Conclusion; Researching Violence; Reducing Violence; Explaining Violence; Appendix A: Moralistic Homicide; Appendix B: The Virginia Study; Appendix C: The Cross-Cultural Study; Notes; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Author.
Peaceful Indifference: Distant Individual Ties5 Foundations of Honor; Classical Honor; Modern Honor; Tie Stability; Statelessness; 6 Conclusion; Researching Violence; Reducing Violence; Explaining Violence; Appendix A: Moralistic Homicide; Appendix B: The Virginia Study; Appendix C: The Cross-Cultural Study; Notes; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Author.