Violence in America - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0684804875 ISBN 13: 9780684804873

Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2000

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"This encyclopedia attempts to explore the subject of violence by exposing all aspects of its nature, offering readers an 'unprecedented inventory of what scholarship and research now know about violence in America.' Its definition of violence includes, as with the Kitty Genovese case, injury inflicted on a person but stretches to cover injuries inflicted on people against animals, the natural environment, or property. The injury may be physical or emotional, legal or criminal, intentional or not.

Some of the more than 600 entries written by 444 contributors cover people...Other entries treat violence not by looking at individuals but by covering specific events, social conditions, and cultural trends...A third type of entry treats concepts, summarizing and explaining the current research on Capital punishment, Mass murder, Nonviolence, Suicide, and more. Approximately 30 major essays, some as long as 12,000 words, examine broad topics such as Alcohol and alcoholism and Sport.

This unique source is highly recommended. It manages to maintain a scholarly balance between attention-grabbing detail and reflective analysis. Perhaps its most engaging feature is simply the juxtaposition of its varied but related topics. Video games, military interventions, corporal punishment, abortion, and racial unrest are all brought together in a solid exploration of a disturbing topic. "Violence in America" deserves a place in academic and public-library collections."
-- "Booklist" (June 1 & 15, 2000)

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Entries present biographies of significant individuals and violent incidents in American society from the Boston Tea Party to the Columbine High School shooting, and address such issues as self-mutilation and Internet violence.

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• Verlag: Charles Scribner's Sons
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0684804875
• ISBN 13: 9780684804873
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1500
• Herausgeber: Gottesman Ronald