Rites of execution : capital punishment and the transformation of American culture, 1776-1865 /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Masur, Louis P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1989
Colección:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Temas:
Capital punishment > United States > History.
Executions and executioners > United States > History.
Peine de mort > États-Unis > Histoire.
Exécutions capitales > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Capital punishment.
Executions and executioners.
United States.
Capital punishment > History
United States
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Ritual and reform in antebellum America
  • The design of public executions in the early American republic
  • The opposition to capital punishment in post-Revolutionary America
  • The dream of reformation and the limits of reform
  • The origins of private executions in America
  • Anti-gallows activists and the commitment to moral reform
  • The conflict over capital punishment in antebellum America
  • Epilogue.

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