Law and order in Buffalo Bill's country :: legal culture and community on the Great Plains, 1867-1910 /

Celebrated accounts of lawless towns that relied on the extra-legal justice of armed citizens and hired gunmen are part of the enduring cultural legacy of the American West. This work presents a case study of law and legal culture in Lincoln County, Nebraska, during the nineteenth century. It also e...

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1. Verfasser: Ellis, Mark R.
Format: Regierungsdokument Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007.
Schriftenreihe:Law in the American West.
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Zusammenfassung:Celebrated accounts of lawless towns that relied on the extra-legal justice of armed citizens and hired gunmen are part of the enduring cultural legacy of the American West. This work presents a case study of law and legal culture in Lincoln County, Nebraska, during the nineteenth century. It also examines legal institutions on the Great Plains.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xix, 262 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-251) and index.
ISBN:9780803258020
080325802X
1281092207
9781281092205
9786611092207
661109220X

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