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In March 1824 a group of angry and intoxicated settlers brutally murdered nine Indians camped along a tributary of Fall Creek. The carnage was recounted in lurid detail in the contemporary press, and the events that followed sparked a national sensation. Murder in Their Hearts: The Fall Creek Massacre tells that, although violence between settlers and Native Americans was not unusual during the early nineteenth century, in this particular incident the white men responsible for the murders were singled out and hunted down, brought to trial, convicted by a jury of their neighbors, and, for the f

Poverty, inequality and social welfare are defined in this book. Previous poverty studies are surveyed and a new index of poverty is developed based on everyday meanings, and stressing the individual and relative nature of poverty. Previous definitions of inequality and welfare are described and the relations between them and poverty are explored. New estimates of poverty are made for Australia. Conclusions are derived from comparisons between measured levels of poverty over time and across family types. Previous Australian studies of inequality and welfare are surveyed and new estimates are made for Australia for recent years

Intro -- Contents -- Maps -- Tables -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Author's Note -- 1. English Law and Puritan Society: The Legal and Social Foundations of Order, 1629-1640 -- 2. Real Property Litigation: The Social and Economic Backgrounds of Legal Change -- 3. Outsiders and Subgroups: The Coordinative Function of the Court -- 4. From Communalism to Litigation: The Elevation of Law and Legal Forms -- 5. The Court and the Community: Law in a Postrevolutionary Puritan Society -- 6. Challenges to the Law: The Conflict of Legal and Extralegal Methods of Social Control -- 7. Law, Magic, and Disorder: The Crisis of the Interregnum, 1684-1692 -- 8. Epilogue: A Contentious and Well-Ordered People -- Bibliography -- Index -- A-B -- C -- D -- E-G -- H-J -- K-L -- M-N -- O-R -- S -- T-W -- Y.