This monograph published in 2002 was based on extensive research in archives and libraries in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. Its thesis: "Interpersonal violence . . . . has occurred alongside still larger problems that it has often obscured: social inequalities and injustices that have both shaped and transcended the blows that have punctuated and diminished the lives of so many of us."
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". . . remarkable evidence and smart interpretation of particular stories and incidents." Elliott J. Gorn, Brown University
". . . a very original and most important study in the history of North American violence and in the history of the international Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia)." Richard Maxwell Brown, University of Oregon
"Beaten Down is an outstanding social history of how violence has affected the the everyday lives of individuals. Peterson del Mar examines, above all else, how interpersonal violence is connected to the larger cultural processes that unfolded in the Pacific Northwest over two centuries." Keith Edgerton, Montana State University
"Highly recommended." CHOICE
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". . . remarkable evidence and smart interpretation of particular stories and incidents." Elliott J. Gorn, Brown University
". . . a very original and most important study in the history of North American violence and in the history of the international Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia)." Richard Maxwell Brown, University of Oregon
"Beaten Down is an outstanding social history of how violence has affected the the everyday lives of individuals. Peterson del Mar examines, above all else, how interpersonal violence is connected to the larger cultural processes that unfolded in the Pacific Northwest over two centuries." Keith Edgerton, Montana State University
"Highly recommended." CHOICE