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Murder, culture, and injustice : four sensational cases in American history
- Title
- Murder, culture, and injustice : four sensational cases in American history / Walter L. Hixson.
- Author
- Hixson, Walter L.
- Publication
- Akron : University of Akron Press, 2001.
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Details
- Description
- 274 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "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."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Series on law, politics, and society
- Uniform Title
- Series on law, politics, and society
- Subject
- Borden, Lizzie, 1860-1927
- Hauptmann, Bruno Richard, 1899-1936
- Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1930-1932 > Kidnapping, 1932
- Sheppard, Sam
- Simpson, O. J., 1947- > Trials, litigation, etc
- Borden, Lizzie, 1860-1927
- Hauptmann, Bruno Richard, 1899-1936
- Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1930-1932
- Sheppard, Sam
- Simpson, O. J., 1947-
- 1932
- Murder > United States > Case studies
- Murderers > United States > Case studies
- Murder victims > United States > Case studies
- Celebrities > United States > Case studies
- Trials (Murder) > United States > Case studies
- Mass media and culture > United States
- Celebrities
- Kidnapping
- Mass media and culture
- Murder
- Murder victims
- Murderers
- Trials
- Trials (Murder)
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Case studies.
- Études de cas.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 1884836674
- 9781884836671
- LCCN
- 00010635
- OCLC
- ocm45618188
- 45618188
- SCSB-1149348
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library