LEADER 04426nam 2201033Ia 450 001 9910784919703321 005 20230725024533.0 010 $a1-282-69765-X 010 $a9786612697654 010 $a0-520-94561-1 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520945616 035 $a(CKB)2670000000034985 035 $a(EBL)566763 035 $a(OCoLC)655848189 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000421776 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11296320 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421776 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10412371 035 $a(PQKB)10481474 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055948 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC566763 035 $a(DE-B1597)520515 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520945616 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL566763 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10402705 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL269765 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000034985 100 $a20091214d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe last gasp$b[electronic resource] $ethe rise and fall of the American gas chamber /$fScott Christianson 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (342 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-25562-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tPART ONE. THE RISE OF THE LETHAL CHAMBER -- $tPART TWO. THE FALL OF THE GAS CHAMBER -- $tAPPENDIX 1: EARL C. LISTON'S PATENT APPLICATION -- $tAPPENDIX 2: PERSONS EXECUTED BY LETHAL GAS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE, 1924 - 1999 -- $tNotes -- $tSelect Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThe Last Gasp takes us to the dark side of human history in the first full chronicle of the gas chamber in the United States. In page-turning detail, award-winning writer Scott Christianson tells a dreadful story that is full of surprising and provocative new findings. First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a "humane" method of execution. Delving into science, war, industry, medicine, law, and politics, Christianson overturns this mythology for good. He exposes the sinister links between corporations looking for profit, the military, and the first uses of the gas chamber after World War I. He explores little-known connections between the gas chamber and the eugenics movement. Perhaps most controversially, he has unearthed new evidence about American and German collaboration in the production and lethal use of hydrogen cyanide and about Hitler's adoption of gas chamber technology developed in the United States. 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