Cry of Murder on Broadway : : A Woman's Ruin and Revenge in Old New York / / Julie Miller.
In Cry of Murder on Broadway, Julie Miller shows how a woman's desperate attempt at murder came to momentarily embody the anger and anxiety felt by many people at a time of economic and social upheaval and expanding expectations for equal rights.On the evening of November 1, 1843, a young house...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 21 b&w halftones, 1 map |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Prologue: Defending Amelia Norman
- 1. I Am Murdered
- 2. Jersey Maid and Damn Yankee
- 3. Go and Get Your Living
- 4. An Awful Place
- 5. A Great Heart
- 6. The Trial Begins
- 7. Verdict
- 8. The Law of Seduction
- Epilogue: Harlot’s Fate
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Lydia Maria Child’s “Letter from New-York No. V”
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index