Conspiracy In The Streets: The Extraordinary Trial Of The Chicago Eight

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Book Title: Conspiracy in the Streets : the Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Seven

Item Length: 7.5in

Item Height: 0.8in

Item Width: 5.2in

Author: Jon Wiener

Format: Perfect

Language: English

Topic: Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, Civil Rights, Political Process / Political Advocacy, Legal History, United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)

Publisher: The New Press, T.H.E.

Publication Year: 2006

Genre: Law, History, Political Science

Item Weight: 11 Oz

Number of Pages: 283 Pages