Violence in America : historical and comparative perspectives ; a report to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence / by Hugh Davis Graham and Ted Robert Gurr.

Author/creator Graham, Hugh Davis
Other author Gurr, Ted Robert, 1936- author.
Other author United States. National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence.
Other author United States. National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence. Task Force on Historical and Comparative Perspectives.
Format Book
Publication Info[Washington] : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.], 1969.
Description2 volumes (xxii, 644 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

Variant title Graham report on violence in America
Portion of title Report to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence
Series[NCCPV staff study series] ; 1-2]
United States. National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence. Task force reports
United States. National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence. NCCPV staff study series ; 1-2. UNAUTHORIZED
Task force reports. ^A496172
Contents Vol. 1. pt. 1. A historical overview of violence in Europe and America. Collective violence in European perspective / Charles Tilly. Historical patterns of violence in America / Richard Maxwell Brown. A 150-year study of political violence in the United States / Sheldon G. Levy -- pt. 2. Immigrant societies and the frontier tradition. A comparative study of fragment cultures / Louis Hartz. The frontier tradition: an invitation to violence / Joe B. Frantz. The American vigilante tradition / Richard Maxwell Brown. Appendix: American vigilante movements. Violence in American literature and folk lore / Kenneth Lynn -- pt. 3. History of working-class protest and violence. On the origins and resolution of English working-class protest / Ben C. Roberts. American labor violence: its causes, character, and outcome / Philip Taft & Philip Ross --
Contents Vol.2. pt. 4. Patterns and sources of racial aggression. Black violence in the 20th century: a study in rhetoric and retaliation / August Meier & Elliott Rudwick. Patterns of collective racial violence / Morris Janowitz. Dynamics of black and white violence / James P. Comer -- pt. 5. Perspectives on crime in the United States. Urbanization and criminal violence in the 19th century: Massachusetts as a test case / Roger Lane. Contemporary history of American crime / Fred P. Graham. Southern violence / Sheldon Hackney -- pt. 6. International conflict and internal strife. Domestic violence and America's wars: a historical interpretation / Robin Brooks. International war and domestic turmoil: some contemporary evidence / Raymond Tanter -- pt. 7. Comparative patterns of strife and violence. Comparative study of civil strife / Ted Robert Gurr. Appendix 1: Procedures used in collecting and summarizing civil strife data. Appendix 2: Procedures used in selecting and grouping countries for cross-national comparison. Social change and political violence: cross-national patterns / Ivo K. Feierabend, Rosalind L. Feierabend & Betty A. Nesvold -- pt. 8. Processes of rebellion. The J-curve of rising and declining satisfactions as a cause of some great revolutions and a contained rebellion / James C. Davies. Batista and Betancourt: alternative responses to violence / Edward W. Gude -- pt. 9. Ecological and anthropolitical perspectives. Overcrowding and human aggression / George M. Castairs. Defensive cultural adaptation / Bernard J. Siegel -- Conclusion / Hugh David Graham & Ted Robert Gurr.
General noteCommonly known as the Graham report.
General noteReport of the Task Force on Historical and Comparative Perspectives.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Issued in other formOnline version: Graham, Hugh Davis. Violence in America: historical and comparative perspectives. [Washington, For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] 1969
Issued in other formOnline version: Graham, Hugh Davis. Violence in America: historical and comparative perspectives. [Washington, For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] 1969
LCCN 76601931
Govt. docs number Pr 36.8:V 81/H 62/