Sacco-Vanzetti Affair Analysis: Global Political Reaction, 1921-1965

A historical analysis of the Sacco-Vanzetti affair, a 1920s legal case involving two Italian immigrant anarchists. The work examines how the case became a global cause célèbre, connecting it to U.S. foreign policy, isolationism, and international political action. The dataset is sourced from paperswithcode and covers the period from 1921 to 1965.

Use Cases

• Analyze the evolution of a legal case into an international political scandal based on the description of the Sacco-Vanzetti affair.
• Study the relationship between U.S. global supremacy and domestic political events based on the described themes of isolationism and xenophobia.
• Model public opinion and media framing of historical events based on the described 'global cause celebre' and 'unprecedented political and legal scandal'.
• Investigate historical connections between immigration, radical politics, and judicial outcomes based on the described 'ethnic origins' and 'judicial travesty'.

Strengths

• Analysis is based on 'extensive research on two continents' as stated in the description.
• Covers a defined historical time range from 1921 to 1965.
• Connects a specific case to broader themes like terrorism, xenophobia, and global politics as described.

Limitations

• Row count and data volume are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

paperswithcode

Time Range

1921-1965