02731nam 2200553Ia 450 991096028900332120200520144314.09780674020511067402051010.4159/9780674020511(CKB)1000000000396495(StDuBDS)AH24023332(DE-B1597)571777(DE-B1597)9780674020511(MiAaPQ)EBC3300432(Perlego)1147731(EXLCZ)99100000000039649520010717d2002 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe death penalty an American history /Stuart Banner1st ed.Cambridge, MA Harvard University Pressc20021 online resource ([ix], 385 p., [8] p. of plates )ill., facsims9780674007512 0674007514 9780674010833 0674010833 Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-369) and index.Front matter --Contents --Abbreviations --Introduction --1. Terror, Blood, and Repentance --2. Hanging Day --3. Degrees of Death --4. The Origins of Opposition --5. Northern Reform, Southern Retention --6. Into the Jail Yard --7. Technological Cures --8. Decline --9. To the Supreme Court --10. Resurrection --Epilogue --Appendix: Counting Executions --Notes --Acknowledgments --IndexThe death penalty arouses more passion than almost any other issue. This account of the death penalty in the United States tells the story of dramatic changes, over four centuries, in the ways capital punishment has been administered and experienced.Now, for the first time, we have a comprehensive history of the death penalty in the United States. Stuart Banner tells the story of how, over four centuries, dramatic changes have taken place in the ways capital punishment has been administered and experienced. Banner moves beyond the debates to give us an unprecedented understanding of the many meanings of capital punishment in America.Capital punishmentUnited StatesHistoryCapital punishmentMoral and ethical aspectsUnited StatesUnited StatesSocial conditionsCapital punishmentHistory.Capital punishmentMoral and ethical aspects364.660973Banner Stuart1963-281269MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910960289003321The death penalty4367243UNINA