*CHOLERA, *HISTORY of epidemics, *PUBLIC health, *DISEASE outbreaks, *SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors, *HISTORY, *NINETEENTH century, *MEXICAN history
Abstract
This paper aims to analyze the characteristics of the cholera epidemic of 1833 in the city of Veracruz, from a sociodemographic approach, using information from the burial records of the Parish between 1832 and 1834, as well as the statistics and reports prepared by the Governors of Veracruz from 1827 to 1834, with which it has been possible to develope mortality indicators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
*VIGILANTES, *UNITED States history, *JUSTICE administration, *PIONEERS, *FRONTIER & pioneer life, *HISTORY, *NINETEENTH century, WESTERN United States history, HISTORY of United States territories & possessions
Abstract
Vigilantism appeared in the last decades of the nineteenth century in some Western territories of the United States in process of colonization. These movements were consequence of the way such territories were organized, as well as of the absence and/or ineffectiveness of a formal legislation or authorities enforcing the law. Thus, the purpose of vigilantism was to protect the life and property of the settlers, who actually took the law in their own hands with some degree of violence. This paper examines the characteristics of the vigilante movements in order to trace their impact in the process of territorial organization undergone by Western areas of the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published
2014
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