The Sacco and Vanzetti case : a brief history with documents / Michael M. Topp.

Author: Topp, Michael Miller.

Imprint:Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005.

Descriptionxiv, 208 p. ; 21 cm.

Note:PART ONE. INTRODUCTION: THE SACCO AND VANZETTI CASE -- PART TWO: THE DOCUMENTS: -- Italian America -- The anarchist world of Sacco and Vanzetti -- Radical possibility and the Red Scare -- The arrest and the trial: -- The arrest and "consciousness of guilt" ; Bridgewater and the Plymouth trial ; Central issues of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial ; On trial for what? ; The appeals ; Contemporary responses: supports and detractors ; The Lowell Committee, worldwide outrage, and the executions -- The legacy of Sacco and Vanzetti: -- Instant martyrdom ; Exoneration? -- APPENDIXES: A chronology of events related to the Sacco and Vanzetti case (1888-1977) -- Cultural and artistic productions related to the Sacco and Vanzetti case.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references, "Selected bibliography" (p. 190-194), and index.

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