02764nam 2200661 a 450 991080738990332120240416204840.01-62895-071-41-60917-207-8(CKB)2550000000065540(EBL)1810028(SSID)ssj0000566305(PQKBManifestationID)11404430(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000566305(PQKBWorkID)10534616(PQKB)10141859(MiAaPQ)EBC3338202(OCoLC)793947626(MdBmJHUP)muse9378(Au-PeEL)EBL3338202(CaPaEBR)ebr10514593(OCoLC)923249819(EXLCZ)99255000000006554020120105d2010 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrExecuting democracyVolume oneCapital punishment & the making of America, 1683-1807 /Stephen John Hartnett1st ed.East Lansing, Mich Michigan State University Press20101 online resource (354 p.)Rhetoric and public affairs seriesExecuting democracy ;v. 1Description based upon print version of record.0-87013-869-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Vol. 1. Capital punishment & the making of America, 1683-1807Executing 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 theRhetoric and public affairs series.Capital punishmentUnited StatesHistoryCrimeUnited StatesHistoryRhetoricPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775United StatesHistory1783-1865Capital punishmentHistory.CrimeHistory.RhetoricPolitical aspectsHistory.364.660973Hartnett Stephen John1463157MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807389903321Executing democracy4023546UNINA