03244nam 2200721 a 450 991082446550332120240501144054.01-282-42641-997866124264140-226-24328-110.7208/9780226243283(CKB)2550000000003077(EBL)471858(OCoLC)527658022(SSID)ssj0000343934(PQKBManifestationID)11267384(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343934(PQKBWorkID)10291799(PQKB)10672776(SSID)ssj0000778040(PQKBManifestationID)12261404(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000778040(PQKBWorkID)10758034(PQKB)11490543(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122027(MiAaPQ)EBC471858(DE-B1597)523389(OCoLC)1135577924(DE-B1597)9780226243283(Au-PeEL)EBL471858(CaPaEBR)ebr10349985(CaONFJC)MIL242641(EXLCZ)99255000000000307720060706d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe trial in American life /Robert A. Ferguson1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Pressc20071 online resource (415 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-24326-5 0-226-24325-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-392) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. The High-Profile Trial -- Part Two. A Case-Study Sequence -- Part Three. In Court Today -- Notes -- IndexIn a bravura performance that ranges from Aaron Burr to O. J. Simpson, Robert A. Ferguson traces the legal meaning and cultural implications of prominent American trials across the history of the nation. His interdisciplinary investigation carries him from courtroom transcripts to newspaper accounts, and on to the work of such imaginative writers as Emerson, Thoreau, William Dean Howells, and E. L. Doctorow. Ferguson shows how courtrooms are forced to cope with unresolved communal anxieties and how they sometimes make legal decisions that change the way Americans think about theTrialsUnited StatesTrialsUnited StatesHistoryhistory, trial, public opinion, media, scandal, sensation, journalism, news, crime, legal system, courts, aaron burr, oj simpson, literature, el doctorow, william dean howells, thoreau, emerson, courtrooms, fear, anxiety, community, justice, overexposure, supreme court, television, coverage, john brown, politics, rosenbergs, death penalty, traitors, haymarket defendants, national identity, mary surratt, nonfiction.TrialsTrialsHistory.345.73/07Ferguson Robert A.1942-1463078MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824465503321The trial in American life3927329UNINA