Attica: The Official Report of the New York State Special Commission on Attica

by New York State Special Commission on Attica

31 Members ½ (3.50) 1 Award

Recommendations

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Bel Canto

Ann Patchett

The Roots of American Foreign Policy: An Analysis of Power and Purpose. by Gabriel Kolko

The Roots of American Foreign Policy: An Analysis of Power and Purpose.

Gabriel Kolko

Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson

Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy

Heather Ann Thompson

The Great Coalfield War by George S. McGovern

The Great Coalfield War

George S. McGovern

Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver

Soul on Ice

Eldridge Cleaver

Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle

Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age

Kevin Boyle

Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing by Ted Conover

Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing

Ted Conover

Kind and Usual Punishment by Jessica Mitford

Kind and Usual Punishment

Jessica Mitford

Aliens and Dissenters: Federal Suppression of Radicals, 1903-1933 by William Preston

Aliens and Dissenters: Federal Suppression of Radicals, 1903-1933

William Preston

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 by Taylor Branch

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63

Taylor Branch

The New Men of Power: America's Labor Leaders by C. Wright Mills

The New Men of Power: America's Labor Leaders

C. Wright Mills

Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years, 1963-65 by Taylor Branch

Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years, 1963-65

Taylor Branch

History and the New Left: Madison, Wisconsin, 1950-1970 by Paul Buhle

History and the New Left: Madison, Wisconsin, 1950-1970

Paul Buhle

When the word is given; a report on Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and the Black Muslim world by Louis E. Lomax

When the word is given; a report on Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and the Black Muslim world

Louis E. Lomax

The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann Woodward

The Strange Career of Jim Crow

C. Vann Woodward

The Vast Majority: A Journey to the World's Poor by Michael Harrington

The Vast Majority: A Journey to the World's Poor

Michael Harrington

At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 by Taylor Branch

At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68

Taylor Branch

The Crime of Punishment by Karl Menninger

The Crime of Punishment

Karl Menninger

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

Douglas A. Blackmon

The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Authorized Edition) by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks

The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Authorized Edition)

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

Gilbert King

Detroit: Do I Mind Dying: A Study in Urban Revolution by Dan Georgakas

Detroit: Do I Mind Dying: A Study in Urban Revolution

Dan Georgakas

Stonewall by Martin Duberman

Stonewall

Martin Duberman

Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman

Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison

Piper Kerman

Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High by Melba Pattillo Beals

Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High

Melba Pattillo Beals

Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Why We Can't Wait

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Prison exposures by Robert Neese

Prison exposures

Robert Neese

Soledad Brother by George Jackson

Soledad Brother

George Jackson

On the Yard by Malcolm Braly

On the Yard

Malcolm Braly

California Red: A Life in the American Communist Party by Dorothy Healey

California Red: A Life in the American Communist Party

Dorothy Healey

Papillon by Henri Charrière

Papillon

Henri Charrière

The Corporate Ideal in the Liberal State, 1900-1918 by James Weinstein

The Corporate Ideal in the Liberal State, 1900-1918

James Weinstein

Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York by Lucy Sante

Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York

Lucy Sante

Alderson Story: My Life As a Political Prisoner (McCarthy Era) by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

Alderson Story: My Life As a Political Prisoner (McCarthy Era)

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

Cuba 1933 by Luis E. Aguilar

Cuba 1933

Luis E. Aguilar

Prelude to Revolution: France in May 1968 by Daniel Singer

Prelude to Revolution: France in May 1968

Daniel Singer

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing by Lewis E. Lawes

Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing

Lewis E. Lawes

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

Robert A. Caro

Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr.

Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America

James Forman Jr.

The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America by Russell Shorto

The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America

Russell Shorto

Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by Edwin G. Burrows

Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898

Edwin G. Burrows

Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam by Mark Bowden

Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam

Mark Bowden

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Boss: J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisition by Athan G. Theoharis

The Boss: J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisition

Athan G. Theoharis

The Wall Between by Anne Braden

The Wall Between

Anne Braden

Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces by Radley Balko

Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

Radley Balko

The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld by Herbert Asbury

The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld

Herbert Asbury

Socialist Thought: A Documentary History by Albert Fried

Socialist Thought: A Documentary History

Albert Fried

The May Movement;: Revolt and Reform: May 1968--the student rebellion and workers' strikes--the birth of a social movement by Alain Touraine

The May Movement;: Revolt and Reform: May 1968--the student rebellion and workers' strikes--the birth of a social movement

Alain Touraine

Complete Recommendations

Member Reviews

Featured Recent Thumbs

All Ratings
½1
1
1

0 reviews

Ratings

Hedgepeth 132 reviews

Members

Recently Added By: evan.tewelde, sharynP, karlgkilts, stanfordflioffice, boxingk, hms_, JPGreenawalt, Cassabass

All Members

Author Information

New York State Special Commission on Attica

1 Work 31 Members

Awards and Honors

Awards

National Book Award (Finalist – Contemporary Affairs – 1973)

Common Knowledge

Important events: Attica Prison Riot (1971)

Classifications

Genres: Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government, History
DDC/MDS: 365.641 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Punishment Inmates Security, discipline, daily routine, release and discharge Security
LCC: HV9475 .N72 .A8325 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminal justice administration Penology. Prisons. Corrections By region or country

More Classifications

Statistics

Members: 31
Popularity: 900,677
Rating: ½ (3.50)

Languages: English
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 1
ASINs: 5

Attica: The Official Report of the New York State Special Commission on Attica

by New York State Special Commission on Attica

On This Page

Tags

Recommendations

Member Reviews

Members

Author Information

Awards and Honors

Awards

Common Knowledge

Classifications

Statistics

Quick Facts

Author

Popular Covers

Find It

Links

Ratings

Helpers