![]() ![]() ![]() What were these private protective agencies? They were not governments because they did not have a legal monopoly on keeping order. Private agencies provided the necessary basis for an orderly society in which property was protected and conflicts were resolved (1979, 10). is perceived as a place of great chaos, with little respect for property or life, their research indicates that this was not the case property rights were protected and civil order prevailed. Eugene Hollon writes that the western frontier was a far more civilized, more peaceful and safer place than American society today (1974, x). In contrast, an alternative literature based on actual history concludes that the civil society of the American West in the nineteenth century was not very violent. Rather, they assume that it was violent and then proffer explanations for that alleged violence (1984, 270). In a book-length survey of the West was violent literature, historian Roger McGrath echoes Bensons skepticism about this theory when he writes that the frontier-was-violent authors are not, for the most part, attempting to prove that the frontier was violent. Thus, an allegedly violent and stateless society of the nineteenth century is blamed for at least some of the violence in the United States today. In addition, some authors assume that the West was very violent and then assert, as Joe Franz does, that ∺merican violence today reflects our frontier heritage (Franz 1969, qtd. In a thorough review of the West was violent literature, Bruce Benson (1998) discovered that many historians simply assume that violence was pervasiveeven more so than in modern-day Americaand then theorize about its likely causes. ![]() Single Issues of The Independent Review.Podcast: Independent Outlook / Conversations.International Economics and Development. ![]()
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