Executing democracy. Volume one, Capital punishment & the making of America, 1683-1807 /

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Executing Democracy: Capital Punishment & the Making of America, 1683-1807 is the first volume of a rhetorical history of public debates about crime, violence, and capital punishment in America. This examination begins in 1683, when William Penn first struggled to govern the rowdy indentured ser...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hartnett, Stephen J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: East Lansing, Mich : Michigan State University Press, 2010.
Colección:Rhetoric and public affairs series.
Temas:
Capital punishment > United States > History.
Crime > United States > History.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States > History.
Peine de mort > États-Unis > Histoire.
Discours politique > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Capital punishment.
Crime.
Rhetoric > Political aspects.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Settler Debauchery, Capital Punishment, and the Theater of Colonial (Dis)Order, 1683-1741
  • Chapter 2: The Paradox of a Republican Revolution Usingn Executions as Pedagogy, 1768-1784
  • Chapter 3: The Hanging of Abraham Johnstone and the Turning of Terror into Hope, 1797
  • Chapter 4: Enlightenment, Republicanism, and Executions, 1785-1800
  • Conclusion: THe Haning of John M'Kean and the Perils of Sinning in an Age of Reason
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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