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The Death Penalty : An American History by Stuart Banner
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Race, Class, and the Death Penalty : Capital Punishment in American History by Howard W. Allen, Jerome Clubb, Jerome C. Clubb
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Race, Class, and the Death Penalty : Capital Punishment in American History by Howard W. Allen, Jerome M. Clubb
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Rise of Conservatism in America, 1945-2000 : A Brief History with Documents by Ronald Story, Bruce Laurie, Bruce Laurie
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The last half of the twentieth century saw the advent of a new conservative movement in the United States, a coalition that shared a common determination to redefine the ... More
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From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State : Race and the Death Penalty in America by Jr., Charles Ogletree Charles, Austin Sarat
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Since 1976, over forty percent of prisoners executed in American jails have been African American or Hispanic. This trend shows little evidence of diminishing, and follows a ... More
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From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State : Race and the Death Penalty in America by Jr., Charles Ogletree, Austin Sarat
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Since 1976, over forty percent of prisoners executed in American jails have been African American or Hispanic. This trend shows little evidence of diminishing, and follows a ... More
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Edison & the Electric Chair : A Story of Light and Death by Mark Essig
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A Discover magazine Top Science Book Thomas Edison stunned America in 1879 by unveiling a world-changing invention--the light bulb--and then launching the electrification of ... More
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Edison and the Electric Chair : A Story of Light and Death by Mark Essig
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Thomas Edison stunned America in 1879 by unveiling a world-changing invention-the lightbulb. A decade later, despite having been an avowed opponent of the death penalty, ... More
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The Averaged American : Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public by Sarah E. Igo
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Americans today “know” that a majority of the population supports the death penalty, that half of all marriages end in divorce, and that four out of five prefer a ... More
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The Averaged American : Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public by Sarah E. Igo
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How the Left Can Win Arguments and Influence People : A Tactical Manual for Pragmatic Progressives by John Wilson
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If we were to rely on what the pundits and politicians tell us, we would have to conclude that America is a deeply conservative nation. Americans, we hear constantly, detest ... More
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Legacy of Violence by John D. Bessler
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Minnesota is one of only twelve states that does not allow the death penalty, but that was not always the case. In fact, until 1911 executions in the state were legal and ... More
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Pros and Cons : Social Policy Debates of Our Time by Kim, S. Clara Kim, S. Clara
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Union vs. Dr. Mudd by Hal Higdon
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For nearly 150 years, one question remains unanswered in the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln was Samuel A. Mudd, the physician who set the broken leg ... More
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Vietnam : The (Last) War the United States Lost by Joe Allen, John Pilger (Foreword by)
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As the United States now faces a major defeat in its occupation of Iraq, the history of the Vietnam War, as a historic blunder for US military forces abroad, and the true ... More
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Hanging Of Ephraim Wheeler by Irene Quenzler Brown, Richard D. Brown
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In 1806 an anxious crowd of thousands descended upon Lenox, Massachusetts, for the public hanging of Ephraim Wheeler, condemned for the rape of his thirteen-year-old daughter, ... More
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The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler : A Story of Rape, Incest, and Justice in Early America by Irene Quenzler Brown, Richard D. Brown
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In 1806 an anxious crowd of thousands descended upon Lenox, Massachusetts, for the public hanging of Ephraim Wheeler, condemned for the rape of his thirteen-year-old daughter, ... More
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Justice For All : Legendary Trials Of The 20Th Century by Lanahan
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In an effort to show history really does repeat itself and highlight great issues of our times, this book captures the essence of certain trials that took place in the history ... More
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Justice For All : Legendary Trials Of The 20Th Century by Lanahan
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Let No Guilty Man Escape : A Judicial Biography of "Hanging Judge" Isaac C. Parker by Roger H. Tuller
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Presiding from 1875 to 1896 over the United States Court for the Western Judicial District of Arkansas, Isaac Charles Parker attained notoriety as the "Hanging Judge" ... More
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Rites of Execution by Louis P. Masur
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Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, Western societies abandoned public executions in favor of private punishments, primarily confinement in penitentiaries and ... More
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The Trials Of Maria Barbella : The True Story Of A 19th-Century Crime Of Passion by Idanna Pucci, Stefania Fumo (Translator)
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Combining murder, the death penalty, and women's rights, The Trials of Maria Barbella retells the saga of a woman accused of murdering her lover in 1895 New York. The first ... More
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Twentieth-Century Cause Celebre : Sacco, Vanzetti, and the Press, 1920-1927 by John F. Neville
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Considers the role of the news media and its relation to an international propaganda campaign that transformed a case of robbery and murder into one of the most contentious ... More
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The Death Penalty : An American History by Stuart Banner
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Edison and the Electric Chair : A Story of Light and Death by Mark Essig
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Thomas Edison stunned America in 1879 by unveiling a world-changing invention-the lightbulb. A decade later, despite having been an avowed opponent of the death penalty, ... More
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How the Left Can Win Arguments and Influence People : A Tactical Manual for Pragmatic Progressives by John Wilson
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If we were to rely on what the pundits and politicians tell us, we would have to conclude that America is a deeply conservative nation. Americans, we hear constantly, detest ... More
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Rough Justice : Lynching and American Society, 1874-1947 by Michael J. Pfeifer
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"Rough Justice is the first national cross-regional study of the history of lynching and criminal justice in the United States. Working from extensive research in newspapers, ... More
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Secret Agents : The Rosenberg Case, McCarthyism, and Fifties America by M. Garber, Rebecca L. Walkowitz (Editor) , Margorie Garber (Editor)
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When the American Bar Association recreated the trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg on the fortieth anniversary of their execution, the jury acquitted the "mock Rosenbergs," ... More
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To Life : The Story of a Chicago Lawyer by Elmer Gertz
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Elmer Gertz has defended famous people including Henry Miller, Nathan Leopold, and Jack Ruby and he has become famous in his own right through his struggle for civil ... More
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What a Year it Was! 1951 by Beverly Cohn, Laurie Cohn
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WHAT A YEAR IT WAS! 1951 is a nostalgic informative, fun, sometimes tongue-in-cheek look back at the headline events in the world news, human interest, sports, fashion, ... More
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