Research Catalog

Title

Murder, Culture, and Injustice [electronic resource] : Four Sensational Cases in American History / Walter L. Hixson.

Author

Hixson, Walter L.

Publication

Akron : University of Akron Press, 2001.

Details

Additional Authors

Project Muse.

Description

1 online resource (274 p. :) : ill.

Uniform Title

• Murder, Culture, and Injustice (Online)
• Book collections on Project MUSE.

Alternative Title

Murder, Culture, and Injustice (Online)

Subject

• Mass media and culture > United States
• Trials (Murder) > United States > Case studies
• Celebrities > United States > Case studies
• Murder victims > United States > Case studies
• Murderers > United States > Case studies
• Murder > United States > Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Source of Description (note)

• Description based on print version record.

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.

OCLC

ssj0000439902

Author

Hixson, Walter L.

Title

Murder, Culture, and Injustice [electronic resource] : Four Sensational Cases in American History / Walter L. Hixson.

Imprint

Akron : University of Akron Press, 2001. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)

Edition

1st ed.

Series

Book collections on Project MUSE.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Note

Description based on print version record.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Project Muse.

LCCN

00010635