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
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-684) and index
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illustrationsmaps
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
Blood in the water
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bibliography
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945169854
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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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- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- Criminal law
- Attica Prison
- POLITICAL SCIENCE + Political Freedom & Security + Law Enforcement
- Prison riots -- New York (State)
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ
- LAW + Criminal Law + General
- Prison riots
- SOCIAL SCIENCE + Penology
- New York (State)
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- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- Criminal law
- Attica Prison
- POLITICAL SCIENCE + Political Freedom & Security + Law Enforcement
- Prison riots -- New York (State)
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ
- LAW + Criminal Law + General
- Prison riots
- SOCIAL SCIENCE + Penology
- New York (State)
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