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Author Collins, Randall, 1941-

Title Violence [electronic resource] : a micro-sociological theory / Randall Collins.

Imprint Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ACLS Humanities E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 563 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [527]-553) and index.
Contents The micro-sociology of violent confrontations -- Confrontational tension and incompetent violence -- Forward panic -- Attacking the weak: I. domestic abuse -- Attacking the weak: II. bullying, mugging, and holdups -- Staging fair fights -- Violence as fun and entertainment -- Sports violence -- How fights start, or not -- The violent few -- Violence as dominance in emotional attention space.
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
Subject Violence -- United States.
Violence -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Added Author American Council of Learned Societies.
In: ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/
Other Form: Original 9780691133133 0691133131 (DLC) 2007015426
Standard No. 2027/heb31544 hdl

 
    
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