Author: Dyer Daniel LumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anarchists
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
A Concise History of the Great Trial of the Chicago Anarchists in 1886
Author: Dyer Daniel LumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anarchists
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The Trial of the Haymarket Anarchists
Author: T. Messer-KrusePublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230339298
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The Trial of the Haymarket Anarchists is the culmination of seven years of research into the 1886 Haymarket bombing and subsequent trial. It not only overturns the prevailing consensus on this event, it documents in detail how the basic facts, as far as they can be determined, have been distorted, obscured, or suppressed for seventy years.
A Concise History of the Great Trial of the Chicago Anarchists in 1886
Author: Dyer Daniel LumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anarchists
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The Great Trial of the Chicago Anarchists
Author: Dyer Daniel LumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anarchism
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Defendants in the trial were August Spies and others.
A Concise History of the Great Trial of the Chicago Anarchists in 1886. Condensed from the Official Record
Author: A Concise History of the Great Trial of the Chicago Anarchists in 1886
Author: Dyer D. LumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anarchists
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The Great Trial of the Chicago Anarchists
Author: Dyer D. LumPublisher:
ISBN: 9780405013249
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Spectacle of Death
Author: Kristin BoudreauPublisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 161592745X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
In 1787, Benjamin Rush cautioned that public punishments were dangerous to the social and legal authority of the new nation. For Rush, irrepressible human sentiments all but guaranteed that public punishments would turn spectators against the institutions responsible for the punishments. Although public executions of criminals ended early in the 19th century, debate over the morality of capital punishment has continued to this day.In this unique and fascinating glimpse into public reactions to prominent executions, from colonial times to the 1990s, Kristin Boudreau focuses on the central role of populist, often ephemeral literary forms in shaping attitudes toward capital punishment. Surveying popular poems, ballads, plays, and novels, she shows that, at key times of social unrest in American history, many Americans have felt excluded by the political and legal processes, and have turned instead to inexpensive literary forms of expression in an attempt to change the course of history.Among the significant capital cases that the author discusses are: the Haymarket anarchist trial of 1886; the lynching of Leo Frank in 1914; the murder of Emmett Till in 1955 and its effects on the Civil Rights movement; Norman Mailer''s treatment of the Gary Gilmore case in the 1979 novel, The Executioner''s Song; and the 1998 execution of Karla Faye Tucker, a convicted murderer who became a born-again Christian on death row.In the concluding chapter, Boudreau examines contemporary writers, musicians, actors, and other artists who are using their artistic media to influence official policies of states that permit capital punishment.By examining these neglected texts, Boudreau brings to light a compelling story about ordinary Americans fighting an entrenched legal system at times of great national crisis.
The Haymarket Affair and the Trial of the Chicago Anarchists, 1886
Author: The Trial in American Life
Author: Robert A. FergusonPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226243281
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
In a bravura performance that ranges from Aaron Burr to O. J. Simpson, Robert A. Ferguson traces the legal meaning and cultural implications of prominent American trials across the history of the nation. His interdisciplinary investigation carries him from courtroom transcripts to newspaper accounts, and on to the work of such imaginative writers as Emerson, Thoreau, William Dean Howells, and E. L. Doctorow. Ferguson shows how courtrooms are forced to cope with unresolved communal anxieties and how they sometimes make legal decisions that change the way Americans think about themselves. Burning questions control the narrative. How do such trials mushroom into major public dramas with fundamental ideas at stake? Why did outcomes that we now see as unjust enjoy such strong communal support at the time? At what point does overexposure undermine a trial’s role as a legal proceeding? Ultimately, such questions lead Ferguson to the issue of modern press coverage of courtrooms. While acknowledging that media accounts can skew perceptions, Ferguson argues forcefully in favor of full television coverage of them—and he takes the Supreme Court to task for its failure to grasp the importance of this issue. Trials must be seen to be understood, but Ferguson reminds us that we have a duty, currently ignored, to ensure that cameras serve the court rather than the media. The Trial in American Life weaves Ferguson’s deep knowledge of American history, law, and culture into a fascinating book of tremendous contemporary relevance. “A distinguished law professor, accomplished historian, and fine writer, Robert Ferguson is uniquely qualified to narrate and analyze high-profile trials in American history. This is a superb book and a tremendous achievement. The chapter on John Brown alone is worth the price of admission.”—Judge Richard Posner “A noted scholar of law and literature, [Ferguson] offers a work that is broad in scope yet focuses our attention on certain themes, notably the possibility of injustice, as illustrated by the Haymarket and Rosenberg prosecutions; the media’s obsession with pandering to baser instincts; and the future of televised trials. . . . One of the best books written on this subject in quite some time.”—Library Journal, starred review