Bibliograph

Blood in the water, the Attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy, Heather Ann Thompson

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Blood in the water, the Attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy, Heather Ann Thompson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-684) and index

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illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Blood in the water

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

945169854

Responsibility statement

Heather Ann Thompson

Sub title

the Attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy

Summary

"Historian Heather Ann Thompson offers the first definitive telling of the Attica prison uprising, the state's violent response, and the victims' decades-long quest for justice--in time for the forty-fifth anniversary of the events"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction: State secrets -- The tinderbox: Frank "Big Black" Smith -- Power and politics unleashed: Michael Smith -- The sound before the fury: Tom Wicker -- Retribution and reprisals unimagined: Tony Strollo -- Reckonings and reactions: Robert Douglass -- Inquiries and diversions: Anthony Simonetti -- Justice on trial: Ernest Goodman -- Blowing the whistle: Malcolm Bell -- David and Goliath: Elizabeth Fink -- A final fight: Deanne Quinn Miller

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