Torture and state violence in the United States : a short documentary history / edited by Robert M. Pallitto.
2011
HV8599.U6 T678 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Torture and state violence in the United States : a short documentary history / edited by Robert M. Pallitto.
ISBN
9781421402482 (alk. paper)
1421402483 (alk. paper)
9781421402499 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1421402491 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1421402483 (alk. paper)
9781421402499 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1421402491 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 272 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HV8599.U6 T678 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.6/7
Summary
"Organized around five broad thematic periods in American history--colonial America and the early republic; slavery and the frontier; imperialism, Jim Crow, and World Wars I and II; the Cold War, Vietnam, and police torture; and the war on terror--this annotated documentary history traces the low and high points of official attitudes toward state violence."--P. [4] of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Pallitto, Robert M., 1964-
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Table of Contents
Colonial North America and the early republic
Slavery and the Frontier
Imperialism, Jim Crow, and world war
The Cold War, Vietnam, and torture by the police.
Slavery and the Frontier
Imperialism, Jim Crow, and world war
The Cold War, Vietnam, and torture by the police.