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| Named Person: | John Thomas Scopes; Clarence Darrow; William Jennings Bryan; Clarence Darrow |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Edward J Larson |
| ISBN: | 9780465075102 046507510X |
| OCLC Number: | 70764692 |
| Description: | x, 330 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. I. Before ... -- 1. Digging up controversy -- 2. Government by the people -- 3. In defense of individual liberty -- pt. II. ... during ... -- 4. Choosing sides -- 5. Jockeying for position -- 6. Preliminary rounds -- 7. The trial of the century -- pt. III. ... and after -- 8. The end of an era -- 9. Retelling the tale -- 10. Distant echoes. |
| Responsibility: | Edward J. Larson. |
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"[Larson's] careful and evenhanded analysis dispels the mythologies and caricatures in film and stage versions of the trial, leaving us with a far clearer picture of the cultural warfare that still periodically erupts in our classes and courts." Read more...
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