An edition of Murder, culture, and injustice (2000)

Murder, culture, and injustice

four sensational cases in American history

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An edition of Murder, culture, and injustice (2000)

Murder, culture, and injustice

four sensational cases in American history

1st ed.

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  • 1 Want to read

"The Four Murder Cases and the subsequent criminal trials analyzed in this book are among the most sensational in American history. As primordial dramas involving murder within or against a socially prominent family, the Lizzie Borden, Lindbergh baby, Sam Sheppard, and O. J. Simpson cases riveted the public."--BOOK JACKET.

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University of Akron Press
Language
English
Pages
274

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Subjects

Case studies, Murder victims, Murder, Trials (Murder), Mass media and culture, Celebrities, Murderers, TRUE CRIME, General

Places

United States
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Cover of: Murder, culture, and injustice
Murder, culture, and injustice: four sensational cases in American history
2001, University of Akron Press
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Murder, Culture, and Injustice
Murder, Culture, and Injustice: Four Sensational Cases in American History.
November 1, 2000, University of Akron Press
Hardcover in English - 1st ed edition
Cover of: Murder, Culture, and Injustice
Murder, Culture, and Injustice: Four Sensational Cases in American History
2000-11-01, Univ of Akron Pr

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Table of Contents

Gendered justice: Lizzie Borden and Victorian America
Vengeance: Bruno Richard Hauptmann and the Lindbergh baby kidnapping
Vendetta: Sam Sheppard and the North Shore nightmare
A house divided: race and the O.J. Simpson case
Conclusion: sensational murder and American justice.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Akron
Series
Series on law, politics, and society
Genre
Case studies.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
364.15/23/0973
Library of Congress
HV6529 .H59 2001, HV6529 .H59 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
274 p. :
Number of pages
274

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6776888M
Internet Archive
murdercultureinj0000hixs
ISBN 10
1884836674
LCCN
00010635
OCLC/WorldCat
45618188, 1000793972
Library Thing
5525824
Goodreads
1197481

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