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Autore |
Hartnett Stephen John |
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Titolo |
Executing democracy . Volume one Capital punishment & the making of America, 1683-1807 / / Stephen John Hartnett |
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East Lansing, Mich, : Michigan State University Press, 2010 |
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1-62895-071-4 |
1-60917-207-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (354 p.) |
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Collana |
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Rhetoric and public affairs series |
Executing democracy ; ; v. 1 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Capital punishment - United States - History |
Crime - United States - History |
Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History |
United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
United States History 1783-1865 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Vol. 1. Capital punishment & the making of America, 1683-1807 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 servants of Philadelphia, and continues up until 1807, when the Federalists sought to impose law-and-order upon the New Republic. This volume offers a lively historical overview of how crime, violence, and capital punishment influenced the settling of the New World, the American Revolution, and the |
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