Live questions: including Our penal machinery and its victims

ALTGELD, JOHN P

Publication Date: 1890

About this Item

Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, 1890. 8 3/8 x 5 3/4". iv, 7-146, [4], 153pp. Frontispiece portrait. Original cloth, textblock beginning to come away from binding, the front cover seems to have served as a coaster. A fair copy. Chapters: "Protection of non-combatants or compulsory arbitration of strikes"; "Pensions for soldiers"; "Justice to deaf soldiers"; "The administration of justice in Chicago - Unanimous juries"; "The abolition of constables - Justices and the fee systems"; "Protecting the ballot box - Australian plan"; "Is the world worse? - Divorces - Moral training"; "The rich man's bread and the poor - Cardinal Manning"; "Slave girls of Chicago - Legislation for"; "Anonymous journalism and its effects"; "The immigrant's answer"; "Unnecessary arrests"; and "What shall we do with our criminals?." Altgeld was governor of Illinois from 1893-1897.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Live questions: including Our penal machinery and its victims
• Publication Date: 1890
• Binding: Original cloth
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
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