Rites of execution : capital punishment and the transformation of American culture, 1776-1865 / / Louis P. Masur

• Autore: Masur Louis P
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991, c1989
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
• Disciplina: 364.660973
• Soggetto topico: Capital punishment - United States - History; Executions and executioners - United States - History
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-197) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Rites of execution
• ISBN: 1-4237-3694-X; 1-60129-795-5; 1-280-52542-8; 0-19-802158-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248023803316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno