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Harvard University History 19th century Harvard University. Massachusetts Boston Murder Murder Massachusetts Boston Case studies Parkman, George 1790-1849 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General Webster, John White 1793-1850 Whitney, Henry Melville 1839-1923 Whitney, William C. (William Collins) 1841-1904Filter By Authors
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Season 29Summary: In the late 19th century, as America's teeming cities grew increasingly congested, the time had come to replace the nostalgic horse-drawn trolleys with a faster, cleaner, safer, and more efficient form of transportation. Ultimately, it was Boston, a city of so many firsts that overcame a litany of engineering challenges, the greed-driven interests of businessmen, and the great fears of its...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: Traces the scandalous murder of a Harvard Medical School graduate and the ensuing trial that riveted mid-nineteenth-century America, exploring how the case established important precedents in medical forensics and the definition of reasonable doubt.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2018