Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-393).
Violence in history -- New nation, new violence, 1788-1804 -- The Mob Era, 1834-1861 -- A curse on the land, 1619-1861 -- The years of blood, 1850-1868 -- Klan and lynch mob, 1865-1934 -- Violence in our times -- The Red summers, 1900-1919 -- Roaring Twenties, striking thirties, 1919-1939 -- Criminal violence, 1919-1969 -- Racial violence, 1943-1969 -- Political violence, 1958-1969 -- The phenomenon of the assassin, 1835-1968 -- The youth rebellion, 1964-1969 -- The gun and the sociopath, 1965-1969 -- The rhetoric of violence, 1968-1969 -- The media and violence, 1949-1969