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Amalia's Tale : A Poor Peasant, an Ambitious Attorney, and a Fight for Justice by David I. Kertzer (2008, Hardcover)

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A courtroom drama and quest for justice in a country hurtling toward modernity, from the acclaimed author of the National Book Award finalist The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara A quintessential David versus Goliath saga, Amalia's Tale tells of a wholly unexpected triumph of the poor against the rich and of a crusading city attorney who fought on behalf of an impoverished peasant. Amalia Bagnacavalli, an illiterate young woman from the mountains near Bologna, is forced by poverty to take in a child from the city's foundling home to wet-nurse. When she contracts syphilis from the sickly and malformed baby given to her, the city fathers callously dismiss her pleas for treatment and restitution. Bewildered and frightened, Amalia seeks out Augusto Barbieri, an ambitious attorney looking to make a name for himself. The young lawyer takes up her cause, fighting the case for years through the Italian court system before winning an unprecedented victory for his by-now broken client. An unforgettable story and a landmark in the struggle for basic human rights -- A Civil Action in nineteenth-century Italy -- Amalia's Tale is the story of a rural woman whose life was ruined and the man from the city who would not stop -- or so it seemed -- until he had seen justice done.

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0618551069
ISBN-13
9780618551064
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59094885

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Author
David I. Kertzer
Publication Name
Amalia's Tale : a Poor Peasant, an Ambitious Attorney, and a Fight for Justice
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
13.4 Oz

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Kkh41.B65k47 2008
Reviews
"A compelling story masterfully told." --Peter D. Kramer, author of Freud: Inventor of the Modern Mind and Listening to Prozac, "David Kertzer tells [a] riveting story . . . A fascinating episode." --Natalie Zemon Davis, author of The Return of Martin Guerre, "A compelling story masterfully told." --Peter D. Kramer, author of Freud: Inventor of the Modern Mind and Listening to Prozac "David Kertzer tells [a] riveting story . . . A fascinating episode." --Natalie Zemon Davis, author of The Return of Martin Guerre
Table of Content
Prologue ix 1. An Unexpected Visitor 1 2. The Fateful Day 11 3. The First Signs 19 4. Suing the Count 31 5. The Mercury Treatment 42 6. The Trial Begins 48 7. Disputing the Doctor 55 8. The Parade of the Syphilitic Peasants 66 9. The Psychiatrist's Attack 74 10. The Miserly Syphilologist 81 11. A New Champion 89 12. Conflicting Opinions 98 13. The Tribunal Decides 106 14. Amalia's Appeal 116 15. The Loan 125 16. The Counteroffensive 132 17. Mixed News from the Supreme Court 138 18. A Split Decision 151 19. A Staggering Sum 157 20. Amalia's Lawyer Submits His Bill 164 21. Lives Lost and Lives Saved 173 22. Aristocrats, Lawyers, Doctors, and Peasants: Amalia Looks Back 182 Postscript: Recovering Buried History 190 Acknowledgments 199 Notes 201 Sources 204 Index 228
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Trade
Topic
Liability, Medical Law & Legislation, Europe / Italy, Malpractice, General, Infectious Diseases, Legal History
Lccn
2007-008519
Dewey Decimal
344.45/4104121
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Law, Medical, History

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