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Bezig met laden... An accidental anarchist : how the killing of a humble Jewish immigrant by Chicago's chief of police exposed the conflict between law & order and civil rights in early 20th-century Americadoor Walter Roth
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It was a bitter cold morning in March, 1908. A nineteen-year-old Jewish immigrant traversed the confusing and unfamiliar streets of Chicago-a one-and-a-half-hour-long journey-from his ghetto home on Washburne Avenue to the luxurious Lincoln Place residence of Police Chief George Shippy. He arrived at 9 a.m. Within minutes after knocking on the front door, Lazarus Averbuch lay dead on the hallway floor, shot no less than six times by the chief himself. Why Averbuch went to the police chief's house or exactly what happened after that is still not known. This is the most comprehensive account ever written about this episode that stunned Chicago and won the attention of the entire country. It does not "solve" the mystery as much as it places it in the context of a nation that was unsure how to absorb all of the immigrants flowing across its borders. It attempts to reconstruct the many different perspectives and concerns that comprised the drama surrounding the investigation of Averbuch's killing. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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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. ( )