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Reframing Scopes: Journalists, Scientists, and Lost Photographs from the Trial of the Century
Marcel C Lafollette
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Description for Reframing Scopes: Journalists, Scientists, and Lost Photographs from the Trial of the Century
Hardcover. The plight of John T Scopes dominated headlines for weeks, but behind the scenes of the famous "Monkey Trial" were other dramas hidden from public view. Covering the trial, this work enables modern readers to comprehend more completely the tensions that gripped a Tennessee community - and the nation - in 1925. Num Pages: 196 pages, 51 photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 617.
The plight of John T. Scopes dominated headlines for weeks, but behind the scenes of the famous ""Monkey Trial"" were other dramas hidden from public view. Now a serendipitous discovery has opened a new window on the ""Trial of the Century,"" enabling modern readers to comprehend more completely the tensions that gripped a Tennessee community - and the nation - in 1925.Historian Marcel LaFollette discovered at the Smithsonian a cache of more than sixty never-before-published photographs taken at the Scopes trial. Her research on these photos sheds new light on the proceedings, as well as on the journalists and scientists ... Read more
The plight of John T. Scopes dominated headlines for weeks, but behind the scenes of the famous ""Monkey Trial"" were other dramas hidden from public view. Now a serendipitous discovery has opened a new window on the ""Trial of the Century,"" enabling modern readers to comprehend more completely the tensions that gripped a Tennessee community - and the nation - in 1925.Historian Marcel LaFollette discovered at the Smithsonian a cache of more than sixty never-before-published photographs taken at the Scopes trial. Her research on these photos sheds new light on the proceedings, as well as on the journalists and scientists ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700615681
SKU
V9780700615681
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About Marcel C Lafollette
Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette is a historian who lives in Washington, D.C. Her books include Stealing into Print: Fraud, Plagiarism, and Misconduct in Scientific Publishing and Making Science Our Own: Public Images of Science, 1910-1955.
Reviews for Reframing Scopes: Journalists, Scientists, and Lost Photographs from the Trial of the Century
LaFollette has unearthed a gold mine of new and provocative photographs from the Scopes trial, and she puts these to excellent use in explaining the ways in which scientists, journalists, and lawyers collaborated to publicize their own version of the 'trial of the century.' Jeffrey P. Moran, author of The Scopes Trial: A Brief History with Documents ""LaFollette resurrects a ... Read more