The Black Flag (Routledge Revivals)
A look back at the strange case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Published on 26. June 2013
224 pages
978-1-135-04063-5 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1981, this book reassesses the case of Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrant anarchists living in Boston in 1920. The pair were accused of a payroll robbery and the murder of two guards for which they were arrested and, after a long trial based on inadequate and prejudiced evidence, executed in 1927. In 1977, on the fiftieth anniversary of their deaths, the Commonwealth of Massachusettes issued a proclamation which acknowledged a miscarriage of justice. The Black Flag provides an account of the controversial trial and a re-evaluation of the celebrated case of the Commonwealth's decision. Brian Jackson puts the trial in the social context of the period and exposes the nature of anarchism by looking at the lives of two of its exponents, resulting in a moving exploration of a series of events that continue to trouble the conscience of America.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
0,91 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-04063-5 (9781135040635)
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The Black Flag (Routledge Revivals)
A look back at the strange case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
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Brian Jackson
The Black Flag (Routledge Revivals)
A look back at the strange case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
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03/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
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Content
Prelude; Acknowledgements; Part I: A winter's tale 1. Christmas Eve 1919 2. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti 3. A crime punishable by death 4. Cross-examination 5. Eels and the electric chair 6. In Death Row; Interlude: A long shadow Part II: Half a Century Later 7. In State House 8. Little secrets in little boxes 9. 'There seemed to be no doubt at all' 10. 'Have you agreed upon your verdict?' 11. Culture or anarchy 12. 'The storming of heaven'
