The last gasp [[electronic resource] ] : the rise and fall of the American gas chamber / / Scott Christianson |
Autore | Christianson Scott |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.66 |
Soggetto topico |
Gas chambers - United States - History
Capital punishment - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-69765-X
9786612697654 0-520-94561-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. THE RISE OF THE LETHAL CHAMBER -- PART TWO. THE FALL OF THE GAS CHAMBER -- APPENDIX 1: EARL C. LISTON'S PATENT APPLICATION -- APPENDIX 2: PERSONS EXECUTED BY LETHAL GAS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE, 1924 - 1999 -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459369403321 |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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The last gasp [[electronic resource] ] : the rise and fall of the American gas chamber / / Scott Christianson |
Autore | Christianson Scott |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.66 |
Soggetto topico |
Gas chambers - United States - History
Capital punishment - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
1924
20th century america american history collaboration controversial dark death penalty eugenics movement gas chamber technology gas chamber germany hitler human cruelty human execution human history hydrogen cyanide industry law lethal gas chambers medicine method of killing military uses modern history nevada no witnesses out of sight politics power structures profit science united states war world war i. wwi |
ISBN |
1-282-69765-X
9786612697654 0-520-94561-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. THE RISE OF THE LETHAL CHAMBER -- PART TWO. THE FALL OF THE GAS CHAMBER -- APPENDIX 1: EARL C. LISTON'S PATENT APPLICATION -- APPENDIX 2: PERSONS EXECUTED BY LETHAL GAS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE, 1924 - 1999 -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784919703321 |
Christianson Scott
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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