Beaten Down: A History of Interpersonal Violence in the West by David Peterson d

Description: Beaten Down by David Peterson del Mar Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2003The word "violence" conjures up images of terrorism, bombings, and lynchings. Beaten Down is concerned with more prosaic acts of physical force—a husband slapping his wife, a parent taking a birch branch to a child, a pair of drunken friends squaring off to establish who was the "better man." David Peterson del Mar accounts for the social relations of power that lie behind this intimate form of violence, this "white noise" that has always been with us, humming quietly between more explosive acts of violence.Broad in its chronological and cultural sweep, Beaten Down examines interpersonal violence in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia beginning with Native American cultures before colonization and continuing into the mid-twentieth century. It contrasts the disparate ways of practicing and punishing interpersonal violence on each side of the U.S.-Canadian border. Del Mar concludes that we cannot comprehend the causes and moral consequences of a violent act without considering larger social relations of power, whether between colonizers and original inhabitants, between spouses, between parents and children, or between and among different ethnic groups.The author has drawn on a vast array of vivid sources, including newspaper accounts, autobiographies, novels, oral histories, historical and ethnographic publications, and hundreds of detailed court cases to account for not only the relative frequency of different forms of violence, but also the shifting definitions and perceptions of what constitutes violence. This is a thoughtful and probing account of how and why people have hit each other and the manner in which opinion makers and ordinary citizens have censured, defended, or celebrated such acts. Del Mars conclusions have important implications for an understanding of violence and perceptions of violence in contemporary society. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography David Peterson del Mar is adjunct assistant professor of history at Portland State University and Oregon State University. He is the author of What Trouble I Have Seen: A History of Violence against Wives. Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroductionA White Fist on Their Noses: Colonization and ViolenceTo Take Your Own Part: Violence among the SettlersI Was Not There to Fight: The Decline and Persistence of Violence in the Late Nineteenth CenturyPlucky Women and Crazed Indians: Representing Violence and Marginality in Seattle, Portland, and VancouverTo Do Just as He Pleased: Violence in the 1920sBig as God Almighty and Undemanding as Dew: Violence and People of African and Japanese DescentEpilogue: Discovering ViolenceAbbreviationsNotesSelected Bibliography of Secondary SourcesIndex Review "The author examines violence in terms of one individuals seeking to assert superiority over another—a power struggle that reflects deep-seated cultural attitudes. This work concentrates on the Pacific Northwest and ranges from Native American cultures and the first European encounters to the early 20th century—considering violence between spouses, family members, and angered friends and across ethnic or class lines. . . . Overall, this is a fascinating examination of a heretofore largely overlooked topic." * Library Journal *"David Peterson del Mars work on violence against wives is well known to social and legal historians, and in this important, innovative, and provocative new book, he has broadened his approach to examine interpersonal violence more generally." * BC Studies *"A critically important book..This volume highlights a topic that many scholars of the West insist is central to understanding the evolution of frontier communities, the interactions of clashing cultures, and the impact of region on the larger context of American life..It is to be hoped that David Peterson Del Mars provocative ideas will inspire more historians to examine other national arenas and geographic places for the evidence that private violence shaped social, economic, and political control in a country that should have relied on equality and justice, as its documents from the American Revolution promised." * Journal of Social History * Promotional A fascinating study of interpersonal violence in the Northwest beginning with Native American cultures before colonization and continuing into the mid-20th century Details ISBN0295995769 Short Title BEATEN DOWN Publisher University of Washington Press Language English ISBN-10 0295995769 ISBN-13 9780295995762 Media Book Format Hardcover Pages 312 Publication Date 2015-07-16 Year 2015 Imprint University of Washington Press Subtitle A History of Interpersonal Violence in the West Country of Publication United States Illustrations notes, bibliog., index Place of Publication Seattle UK Release Date 2015-07-16 AU Release Date 2015-07-16 NZ Release Date 2015-07-16 US Release Date 2015-07-16 Author David Peterson del Mar DEWEY 303.60978 Audience Professional & Vocational Alternative 9780295800455 Series Beaten Down We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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