A propos de l'auteur
Walter Roth is an attorney, President of the Chicago Jewish Historical Society, and author of An Accidental Anarchist and the critically acclaimed Looking Backward: True Stories from Chicago's Jewish Past, both available from Academy Chicago Publishers
Œuvres de Walter Roth
An accidental anarchist : how the killing of a humble Jewish immigrant by Chicago's chief of police exposed the… (1997) 14 exemplaires
Operator-Valued Measures and Integrals for Cone-Valued Functions (Lecture Notes in Mathematics) (2009) 3 exemplaires
Chemiker-Zeitung, 46. Jhg. (1922) 1 exemplaire
Chemiker-Zeitung, 47. Jhg. 1 exemplaire
Accidental Anarchist: How the Killing of a Humble Jewish Immigrant by Chicago's Chief of Police Exposed the Conflict… 1 exemplaire
Ratgeber für Ratlose. Eine Rechtsfibel für jedermann 1 exemplaire
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I was surprised at the extent to which I stayed engaged in this book, since I am not a history buff, nor interested in anarchy, nor particularly in Chicago history. As I said earlier, however, it's eminently readable and traces out all the information surrounding this event from the records, contextualizing it in a way that means I learned things I never knew before (including something as basic as that anarchism was a serious fear in 1908 -- oops. musta missed that day in high school.) I was also actually surprised by the active role that many women had in the story -- Emma Goldman, prominent anarchist, and Jane Addams, prominent humanitarian, in particular. Lots of new information on all counts.
Definitely recommended for people interested in Chicago history pre-WWI, race, politics, ethnicity, or anarchism -- or especially to anyone interested in their intersection.… (plus d'informations)