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Blood in the water : the Attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy
- Title
- Blood in the water : the Attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy / Heather Ann Thompson.
- Author
- Thompson, Heather Ann, 1963-
- Publication
- New York : Pantheon Books, [2016]
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 724 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- 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"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-684) and index.
- Contents
- State secrets -- The tinderbox -- Power and politics unleashed -- The sound before the fury -- Retribution and reprisals unimagined -- Reckonings and reactions -- Inquiries and diversions -- Justice on trial -- Blowing the whistle -- David and Goliath -- A final flight.
- The tinderbox. Frank "Big Black" Smith -- Not So Greener Pastures -- Responding to Resistance -- Voices from Auburn -- Knowledge Is Power -- Playing by the Rules -- Back and Forth -- End of the Line -- Power and politics unleashed. Michael Smith -- Talking Back -- Burning Down the House -- Reeling and Reacting -- Order Out of Chaos -- Whats Going On -- Into the Night -- A New Day Dawns -- The sound before the fury. Tom Wicker -- Getting Down to Business -- Dreams and Nightmares -- On the Precipice -- Deciding Disaster -- Retribution and reprisals unimagined. Tony Strollo -- Chomping at the Bit -- Standing Firm -- No Mercy -- Spinning Disaster -- And the Beat Goes On -- Reckonings and reactions. Robert Douglass -- Speaking Up -- Stepping Back -- Funerals and Fallout -- Prodding and Probing -- Which Side Are You On? -- Ducks in a Row -- Inquiries and diversions. Anthony Simonetti -- Digging More Deeply -- Foxes in the Hen House -- Stick and Carrot -- Seeking Help -- Indictments All Around -- Justice on Trial. Ernest Goodman -- Mobilizing and Maneuvering -- A House Divided -- Laying the Groundwork -- Testing the Waters -- Going for Broke -- Evening the Score -- A Long Journey Ahead -- Blowing the Whistle. Malcolm Bell -- Joining the Team -- Protecting the Police -- Smoking Guns -- Going Public -- Investigating the Investigation -- Closing the Book -- David and Goliath. Elizabeth Fink -- It Aint Over Till Its Over -- Shining the Light on Evil -- Delay Tactics -- The Price of Blood -- Deal with the Devil -- A Final Fight. Deanne Quinn Miller -- Family Fury -- Manipulated and Outmaneuvered -- Biting the Hand -- Getting Heard -- Waiting Game -- A Hollow Victory -- Epilogue: Prisons and Power.
- Call Number
- Sc E 16-1632
- ISBN
- 9780375423222 (hardback)
- 0375423222 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2016000477
- OCLC
- 945169854
- Author
- Thompson, Heather Ann, 1963- author.
- Title
- Blood in the water : the Attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy / Heather Ann Thompson.
- Publisher
- New York : Pantheon Books, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-684) and index.
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 16-1632