{"product_id":"price-of-silence-the-duke-lacrosse-scandal-the-power-of-the-elite-and-the-corruption-of-our-great-universities","title":"Price of Silence: The Duke Lacrosse Scandal, the Power of the Elite, and the Corruption of Our Great Universities","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePrice of Silence: The Duke Lacrosse Scandal, the Power of the Elite, and the Corruption of Our Great Universities\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eWilliam D Cohan\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781451681796\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eScribner\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2014\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1st\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eA Duke alumnus whose work has been hailed as \"authoritative\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), \"seductively engrossing\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e), \"riveting\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e), and \"masterful\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Time\u003c\/i\u003es), presents a stunning new account of the infamous Duke lacrosse team case. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBestselling author William D. Cohan, whose reporting and writing have been hailed as \"gripping\" (the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), \"authoritative\" (the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), and \"seductively engrossing\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e), presents a stunning new account of the Duke lacrosse team scandal that reveals the pressures faced by America's elite colleges and universities and pulls back the curtain, in a riveting narrative, on the larger issues of sexual misconduct, underage drinking, and bad-boy behavior--all too prevalent on campuses across the country.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite being front-page news nationwide, the true story of the 2006 Duke lacrosse team rape case has never been told in its entirety and is more complex than all the reportage to date would indicate. \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive, magisterial account of what happens when the most combustible forces in American culture-- unbridled ambition, intellectual elitism, athletic prowess, aggressive sexual behavior, racial bias, and absolute prosecutorial authority--collide and then explode on a powerful university campus, in the justice system, and in the media. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat transpired at Duke followed upon the university's unprecedented and determined effort to compete directly with the Ivy League for the best students and with its Division I rivals for supremacy in selected sports--most famously men's basketball, where Duke has become a perennial powerhouse and the winner of four national championships. As Cohan brilliantly shows, the pursuit of excellence in such diverse realms put extraordinary strains on the campus culture and--warned some longtime Duke observers--warped the university's academic ethos. Duke became known for its \"work hard, play hard\" dynamic, and specifically for its wild off-campus parties, where it seemed almost anything could happen--and often did. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCohan's reconstruction of the scandal's events--the night in question, the local police investigation, Duke's actions, the lacrosse players' defense tactics, the furious campus politics--is meticulous and complete. Readers who think they know the story are in for more than one surprise, for at the heart of it are individuals whose lives were changed forever. As the scandal developed, different actors fought to control the narrative. At stake were not just the futures of the accused players, the reputation of the woman claiming she was raped, and the career of the local prosecutor, but also the venerable and carefully nurtured name of Duke University itself--the Duke brand, exceedingly valuable when competing for elite students, world-class athletes, talented professors, and the financial support of its nationally prominent, deep-pocketed alumni. The battle for power involved the Duke administration, led by its president, Richard Brodhead, a blazing academic star hired away from Yale; the Duke board of trustees, which included several titans of Wall Street; the faculty, comprising a number of outspoken critics of the lacrosse players; the athletes' parents, many of whom were well connected in Washington and New York and able--and willing--to hire expensive counsel to defend their sons; and, ultimately, the justice system of North Carolina, which took over the controversial case and rendered its judgment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe price of resolving the scandal proved extraordinarily high, both in terms of unexpected human suffering and the stratospheric costs of settling legal claims. \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e is a story unlike any other, yet sheds light on what is really happening on campuses around the country as colleges and universities compete urgently with one another, and confirms William Cohan's preeminent repu\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Price of Silence: The Duke Lacrosse Scandal, the Power of the Elite, and the Corruption of Our Great Universities | William D Cohan | Hardcover | 9781451681796 | Used: Very Good | Education 1627352","offer_id":50700064588034,"sku":"1627352","price":26.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81CM8MXD8WL.jpg?v=1791594725","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/price-of-silence-the-duke-lacrosse-scandal-the-power-of-the-elite-and-the-corruption-of-our-great-universities","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}