Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 317 g
Capital Punishment and the Transformation of America Culture, 1776-1865
Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 317 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-506663-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Louis Masur's handsomely written account describes how, in the 1830s, public hangings were abandoned in favour of executions in the seclusion of prison yards. Masur sees attitudes toward state killing from the Revolution to the Civil War as reflecting the nation's social thinking.




