capital punishment and the transformation of American culture, 1776-1865 /
First Statement of Responsibility
Louis P. Masur.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Oxford :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1989
Date of Manufacture
(1991 [printing])
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (viii, 208 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, 1 facsimile
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-197) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Rites of execution.
International Standard Book Number
0195066634
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Capital punishment-- United States-- History.
Executions and executioners-- United States-- History.