With the Chicago Tribune Articles That Inspired It
In 1924, the murder trials of Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner shocked the world, providing the real-life inspiration for Maurine Watkins's unforgettable characters, Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly. Now, a century later, this reissue of Watkins's play offers a fresh look at the origins of the story that has since become a household name. From the ......
Colonel Benjamin Stephenson and the History of Early Illinois details the life of Colonel Benjamin Stephenson through unique access to primary sources, including the house in which Stephenson lived--and which still stands--and connects it to the larger history of the surrounding area, state, and country. Once published as a series of articles, ......
Responses and Adaptations in the US Criminal Justice System
More than thirty contributors examine how the social, economic, cultural, legislative, and policy responses to the COVID-19 virus affected crime and justice in the United States.
Responses and Adaptations in the US Criminal Justice System
More than thirty contributors examine how the social, economic, cultural, legislative, and policy responses to the COVID-19 virus affected crime and justice in the United States.
Illuminating continuity and change in Supreme Court decisions Evolving Constitutional Rights: The Roberts Court and Criminal Justice offers a compelling and in-depth analysis of how the U.S. Supreme Court has reshaped constitutional protections under Chief Justice John Roberts. Authors Christopher E. Smith, Michael A. McCall, and Madhavi M. ......
Illuminating continuity and change in Supreme Court decisions Evolving Constitutional Rights: The Roberts Court and Criminal Justice offers a compelling and in-depth analysis of how the U.S. Supreme Court has reshaped constitutional protections under Chief Justice John Roberts. Authors Christopher E. Smith, Michael A. McCall, and Madhavi M. ......
Students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln annotated and wrote the introduction to the 1915 edition of Susan Glaspell's novel Fidelity, the only edition published during Glaspell's lifetime.
In this first book devoted to the genesis, failure, and lasting legacy of Ulysses S. Grant's comprehensive American Indian policy, Mary Stockwell shows Grant as an essential bridge between Andrew Jackson's pushing Indians out of the American experience and Franklin D. Roosevelt's welcoming them back in. Situating Grant at the center of Indian ......
The traditional story of Abraham Lincoln's assassination is littered with errors, some of which are accidental while others are willful. Too often, authors describe Lincoln's assassination rather than explain it. The current work is an attempt to explain the underlying causes of Lincoln's assassination and expose those who aided and abetted John ......
