Witch hunts [[electronic resource] ] : from Salem to Guantanamo Bay / / Robert Rapley |
Autore | Rapley Robert <1926-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.4/9 |
Soggetto topico |
Civil rights - History
Trials (Witchcraft) - History Judicial error - History Terrorism - Political aspects - United States Terrorism - United States - Prevention Prisoners - Abuse of - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-86765-2
9786612867651 0-7735-7720-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Pt. 1. Witches and fear of the devil -- The Bamberg and Wurzburg witch hunts, 1626-1630 -- The characteristics of a witch hunt -- The devil in Loudun -- The arbitrary terror of a witch hunt -- The Salem witches -- Hysteria set loose --
Pt. 2. The Dreyfus affair -- If it walks like a duck -- The Scottsboro boys -- The witch hunters -- The Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven -- Poer, secrecy, and the witch hunt -- Pt. 3. America after 9/11 -- The president -- Muslim fears -- Guantanamo Bay -- Torture, rendition, and "ghost prisoners" -- The case of Maher Arat -- The shape of things to come. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459916703321 |
Rapley Robert <1926->
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Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Witch hunts : from Salem to Guantanamo Bay / / Robert Rapley |
Autore | Rapley Robert <1926-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.4/9 |
Soggetto topico |
Civil rights - History
Trials (Witchcraft) - History Judicial error - History Terrorism - Political aspects - United States Terrorism - United States - Prevention Prisoners - Abuse of - History |
ISBN |
0-7735-7881-1
1-282-86765-2 9786612867651 0-7735-7720-3 |
Classificazione | 15.60 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Pt. 1. Witches and fear of the devil -- The Bamberg and Wurzburg witch hunts, 1626-1630 -- The characteristics of a witch hunt -- The devil in Loudun -- The arbitrary terror of a witch hunt -- The Salem witches -- Hysteria set loose --
Pt. 2. The Dreyfus affair -- If it walks like a duck -- The Scottsboro boys -- The witch hunters -- The Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven -- Poer, secrecy, and the witch hunt -- Pt. 3. America after 9/11 -- The president -- Muslim fears -- Guantanamo Bay -- Torture, rendition, and "ghost prisoners" -- The case of Maher Arat -- The shape of things to come. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818997403321 |
Rapley Robert <1926->
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Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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