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Blood in the water : the Attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, Heather Ann, 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, [2016]
Subjects:
Attica Prison.
Prison riots > New York (State)
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ,)
Description
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.
Item Description:Maps on endpapers.
Physical Description:xvii, 724 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780375423222 (hardback)
0375423222 (hardback)