03002nam 2200685Ia 450 99624802380331620240410084901.01-4237-3694-X1-60129-795-51-280-52542-80-19-802158-52027/heb05202(CKB)1000000000521298(StDuBDS)AH24084908(SSID)ssj0000238721(PQKBManifestationID)11199890(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238721(PQKBWorkID)10253347(PQKB)10135766(SSID)ssj0000365393(PQKBManifestationID)12118979(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365393(PQKBWorkID)10403391(PQKB)11600018(MiAaPQ)EBC241309(Au-PeEL)EBL241309(CaPaEBR)ebr10087229(CaONFJC)MIL52542(OCoLC)475956100(dli)HEB05202(MiU)MIU01000000000000012809452(EXLCZ)99100000000052129819910916h19911989 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRites of execution capital punishment and the transformation of American culture, 1776-1865 /Louis P. Masur1st ed.New York Oxford University Press1991, c19891 online resource (208 pages) illustrations (black and white)0-19-506663-4 0-19-504899-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-197) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Ritual and Reform in Antebellum America -- 2. The Design of Public Executions in the Early American Republic -- 3. The Opposition to Capital Punishment in Post-Revolutionary America -- 4. The Dream of Reformation and the Limits of Reform -- 5. The Origins of Private Executions in America -- 6. Anti-Gallows Activists and the Commitment to Moral Reform -- 7. The Conflict over Capital Punishment in Antebellum America -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.Louis Masur's account describes how, in the 1830's, public hangings were abandoned in favour of executions in the seclusion of prison yards. Masur sees attitudes toward state killing from the Revolution to the Civil War as reflecting the nation's social thinking.Capital punishmentUnited StatesHistoryExecutions and executionersUnited StatesHistoryCapital punishmentHistory.Executions and executionersHistory.364.660973Masur Louis P475878MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996248023803316Rites of execution1472898UNISA