Witch hunts : from Salem to Guantanamo Bay /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rapley, Robert, 1926-2022
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2007
Temas:
Terrorism > Prevention > Political aspects > United States.
Judicial error > History.
Trials (Witchcraft) > History.
Prisoners > Abuse of > History.
Civil rights > Case studies.
Terrorisme > Prévention > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Erreur judiciaire > Histoire.
Procès (Sorcellerie) > Histoire.
Violence envers les prisonniers > Histoire.
Droits de l'homme > Études de cas.
Prisonniers > Violence envers > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Terrorism.
Civil rights
Judicial error
Prisoners > Abuse of
Trials (Witchcraft)
Heksenvervolgingen.
Massahysterie.
Rechterlijke dwalingen.
Terrorisme.
United States
Electronic books.
Case studies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Witches and fear of the devil
  • The Bamberg and Wurzburg witch hunts, 1626-1630
  • The characteristics of a witch hunt
  • The devil in Loudun
  • The arbitrary terror of a witch hunt
  • The Salem witches
  • Hysteria set loose.
  • pt. 2. The Dreyfus affair
  • If it walks like a duck
  • The Scottsboro boys
  • The witch hunters
  • The Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven
  • Poer, secrecy, and the witch hunt.
  • pt. 3. America after 9/11
  • The president
  • Muslim fears
  • Guantanamo Bay
  • Torture, rendition, and "ghost prisoners"
  • The case of Maher Arat
  • The shape of things to come.

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