capital punishment and the transformation of American culture, 1776-1865
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1989
Verlag:
Oxford University Press, New York
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 --...
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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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-197) and index. - Description based on print version record
IntroductionRitual 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.
