Witch hunts [[electronic resource] ] : from Salem to Guantanamo Bay / / Robert Rapley
| 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 |
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| Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Witch hunts : from Salem to Guantanamo Bay / / Robert Rapley
| 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 |
9786612867651
9780773578814 0773578811 9781282867659 1282867652 9780773577206 0773577203 |
| 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-9910966077903321 |
Rapley Robert <1926->
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| Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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