Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Jurisdictional Decoupling as Institutional Change
- 3 Bandits, Elites, and Vigilantes in Antebellum Illinois
- 4 Pinkertons and Police in Antebellum Chicago
- 5 Racist Vigilantism as Reform in Reconstruction Louisiana
- 6 The Violent Careers of American Gunfighters
- 7 Conclusion
- Index
4 - Pinkertons and Police in Antebellum Chicago
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 August 2018
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Jurisdictional Decoupling as Institutional Change
- 3 Bandits, Elites, and Vigilantes in Antebellum Illinois
- 4 Pinkertons and Police in Antebellum Chicago
- 5 Racist Vigilantism as Reform in Reconstruction Louisiana
- 6 The Violent Careers of American Gunfighters
- 7 Conclusion
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Six-Shooter StatePublic and Private Violence in American Politics, pp. 99 - 137Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018