Tycoons, Scorchers, and Outlaws: The Class War that Shaped American Auto Racing (Palgrave Pivot)

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The book is so tilted toward the prosecution that it never questions a single police source, automatically finding police to be credible witnesses, an astounding perspective in our current moment, not to mention The only way that Messer-Kruse can get around the fact that the actual bomb thrower was never identified, along with other criticisms that the defense rightly leveled at the prosecution and at the police as they had been before the Haymarket bombing, is to say that by the standards of the Gilded Age, the trial was fair.

Even an appeals court at the time found Judge Gary's instruction to the jury that merely advocating armed revolution was enough to find them guilty of conspiracy with the unidentified bomb thrower was legally "erroneous". Messer-Kruse minimizes this finding by agreeing with the appeals court that while wrong, it wasn't that significant an error.

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It was only because people objected to such unfair trials at the time this happened that we now have reforms in criminal law. Oct 22, River rated it really liked it Shelves: This is an interesting book that offers a lot of insights into the Haymarket anarchists. The basis of the work is the author's re-examination of much original source material mainly the trial transcripts, but also press accounts and the scholarship that had been done since the trial. Based on this, Messer-Kruse presents a compelling argument that the common conventional interpretation of the Haymarket Riot--that the anarchists were tried for free speech--is incorrect and that rather the anarchi This is an interesting book that offers a lot of insights into the Haymarket anarchists.

Based on this, Messer-Kruse presents a compelling argument that the common conventional interpretation of the Haymarket Riot--that the anarchists were tried for free speech--is incorrect and that rather the anarchists were more likely than not part of a general if not specific conspiracy aimed at violent social revolution.

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It provides a useful anecdote to the more liberal interpretations of the event and admits that the anarchists were just that--believers in the necessity of over-throwing the state. And they took active steps to do that by building a militant movement, arming themselves, and considering how to spark an insurrection. Nov 13, Ren rated it liked it Shelves: Hating this class so actually kind of bitter towards this book also.

Pretty interesting but unnecessary detail at some points. Sep 04, John rated it really liked it. The writing is not exciting, but this revisionist history goes back to original source material, shedding a lot of light on the Haymarket bombing and its aftermath. View all 3 comments. Zach rated it it was ok Apr 03, John rated it really liked it Nov 21, Richard Hamm rated it liked it Nov 22, Chris rated it really liked it Feb 18, Jonathan Cast rated it really liked it Aug 03, Kat rated it it was ok Dec 30, Hywel Gruffydd rated it really liked it Sep 04, Feb 11, Kris marked it as to-read Shelves: Based on the author's ideology and all reviews by historians I've read, this book is going to suuuuuuuck.

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Joe Collins rated it it was amazing Oct 03, Jan 25, Annie added it Shelves: Not giving this a star rating because it made me think, but I don't have enough background in this subject read: If I re-read this book in the future after reading up on the Haymarket riots myself I'll update this review. Graeme rated it liked it Sep 28, Bob Croft rated it it was amazing Feb 05, Camille rated it liked it Sep 29, Rafael rated it really liked it Dec 12, Home Gardening International Subscriptions.

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Be the first to write a review. Arrives in days after despatch for most Australian capitals. On order from our USA supplier to our Sydney distribution centre Once received into our distribution centre, we will despatch and inform you via email. Synopsis Product Details Shipping Tycoons, Scorchers, and Outlaws charts how auto racing was shaped by class tensions between the millionaires who invented it, the public who resented their seizure of the public roads, and the working class drivers who viewed the sport as a vocation, not a leisured pursuit. Palgrave Macmillan Country of origin: On order from our US supplier to our Sydney distribution centre.

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