@book {67401,
	title = {The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair: America on Trial},
	year = {2009},
	note = {Selected for the long list of the 2009 Cundill International Prize in History at McGill University.~},
	month = {Apr 9, 2009},
	publisher = {Yale University Press},
	organization = {Yale University Press},
	abstract = {What
began as the obscure local case of two Italian immigrant anarchists
accused of robbery and murder flared into an unprecedented political
and legal scandal as the perception grew that their conviction was a
judicial travesty and their execution a political murder. This book is
the first to reveal the full national and international scope of the
Sacco-Vanzetti affair, uncovering how and why the two men became the
center of a global cause c{\'e}l{\`e}bre that shook public opinion and
transformed America{\textquoteright}s relationship with the world. Drawing
on extensive research on two continents, and written with verve, this
book connects the Sacco-Vanzetti affair to the most polarizing
political and social concerns of its era. Moshik Temkin contends that
the worldwide attention to the case was generated not only by the
conviction that innocent men had been condemned for their radical
politics and ethnic origins but also as part of a reaction to U.S.
global supremacy and isolationism after World War I. The author further
argues that the international protest, which helped make Sacco and
Vanzetti famous men, ultimately provoked their executions. The book
concludes by investigating the affair{\textquoteright}s enduring repercussions and what
they reveal about global political action, terrorism, jingoism,
xenophobia, and the politics of our own time.},
	url = {http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/home.asp},
	author = {Temkin, Moshik}
}
