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Rites of Execution : Capital Punishment and the Transformation of American Culture, 1776-1865.
Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, Western societies abandoned public executions in favor of private punishments, primarily confinement in penitentiaries and private executions. The transition, guided by a reconceptualization of the causes of crime, the nature of authority, and the pu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1991.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction; 1. Ritual and Reform in Antebellum America; 2. The Design of Public Executions in the Early American Republic; 3. The Opposition to Capital Punishment in Post-Revolutionary America; 4. The Dream of Reformation and the Limits of Reform; 5. The Origins of Private Executions in America; 6. Anti-Gallows Activists and the Commitment to Moral Reform; 7. The Conflict over Capital Punishment in Antebellum America; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.