Heather Ann Thompson writes American history about prisons, policing, urban politics and social movements. Blood in the Water reconstructs the 1971 Attica prison uprising, the state assault that ended it and the long legal and political struggle over responsibility afterwards. The book follows prisoners, guards, families, lawyers and officials through extensive archival research, showing how misinformation and institutional secrecy shaped public memory of the event. Whose Detroit? examines race, labour, policing and political change in post-war Detroit. Thompson's prose is detailed, narrative and evidence-heavy, combining individual testimony with institutional history rather than reducing events to a single dramatic episode. Her work fits prison history, civil-rights history, labour history and twentieth-century American politics. Read more Less
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