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 |
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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-9910819843003321 |
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Slum travelers [[electronic resource] ] : ladies and London poverty, 1860-1920 / / edited with introductions by Ellen Ross |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.5/5740922421 |
Altri autori (Persone) | RossEllen |
Soggetto topico |
Women social reformers - England - London - History
Women social reformers - England - London Women in charitable work - England - London - History Poor - Services for - England - London - History Social problems - England - London - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
annie besant
anthology anthropologists beatrice potter webb british history british society british writers class differences discussion books england english ladies europe gender norms gender studies great britain historians historical late 19th century london slums london lower classes philanthropists philanthropy poor poverty relief poverty slum life sylvia pankhurst urban poverty wealth and culture wealth world war i. wwi |
ISBN |
1-282-35862-6
9786612358623 0-520-94005-9 |
Classificazione | HL 1541 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Adventures Among The Poor -- 1. "Sketch Of Life In Buildings," 1889 "A Lady Resident" -- 2. "White Slavery In London," 1888 Annie (Wood) Besant -- 3. From Makers Of Our Clothes, 1909 Clementina Black And Adele (Lady Carl) Meyer -- 4. "Marriage In East London," 1895 Helen (Dendy) Bosanquet -- 5. From Munition Lasses, 1917 Agnes Kate Foxwell -- 6. "A School Settlement," 1911 Clara Ellen Grant -- 7. "Barmaids," 1889 Margaret Harkness -- 8. "In A London Tramp Ward," 1906 Mary (Kingsland) Higgs -- 9. "The Fur-Pullers Of South London," 1897 Edith (Mrs. F. G.) Hogg -- 10. From A London Plane-Tree, And Other Verse, 1889 Amy Levy -- 11. "A Slum Mother" (1908) And "Guy And The Stars" (1919) Margaret Mcmillan -- 12. "Gilding The Gutter," 1905 Olive Christian Malvery -- 13. "The Irresponsibility Of The Father," 1918 Anna Martin -- 14. "Eating The Apple," 1899 Honnor Morten -- 15. "The Evacuation Of The Workhouse," 1918 Margaret Wynne Nevinson -- 16. Selections From The Woman's Dreadnought, 1916-1917 Sylvia Pankhurst -- 17. From The Pudding Lady, 1910 Florence Petty -- 18. Selections From The Missing Link Magazine, 1878 Ellen Henrietta Ranyard -- 19. Selections From Round About A Pound A Week, 1913 Maud Pember Reeves -- 20. "Drunkenness," 1878 Maude Alethea Stanley -- 21. From London Street Arabs, 1890 Dorothy Tennant (Lady Stanley) -- 22. "Petticoat-Lane," 1895 Ethel Brilliana (Mrs. Alec) Tweedie -- 23. "An Epiphany Pilgrimage," 1906 Kate Warburton -- 24. "Pages From A Work-Girl'S Diary," 1888 Beatrice (Potter) Webb -- Appendix 1: The Geography Of London Wealth And Poverty -- Appendix 2: The Texts Arranged Thematically -- Glossary Of Terms, Institutions, And Organizations -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780638003321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 | ||
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Slum travelers [[electronic resource] ] : ladies and London poverty, 1860-1920 / / edited with introductions by Ellen Ross |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.5/5740922421 |
Altri autori (Persone) | RossEllen |
Soggetto topico |
Women social reformers - England - London - History
Women social reformers - England - London Women in charitable work - England - London - History Poor - Services for - England - London - History Social problems - England - London - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
annie besant
anthology anthropologists beatrice potter webb british history british society british writers class differences discussion books england english ladies europe gender norms gender studies great britain historians historical late 19th century london slums london lower classes philanthropists philanthropy poor poverty relief poverty slum life sylvia pankhurst urban poverty wealth and culture wealth world war i. wwi |
ISBN |
1-282-35862-6
9786612358623 0-520-94005-9 |
Classificazione | HL 1541 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Adventures Among The Poor -- 1. "Sketch Of Life In Buildings," 1889 "A Lady Resident" -- 2. "White Slavery In London," 1888 Annie (Wood) Besant -- 3. From Makers Of Our Clothes, 1909 Clementina Black And Adele (Lady Carl) Meyer -- 4. "Marriage In East London," 1895 Helen (Dendy) Bosanquet -- 5. From Munition Lasses, 1917 Agnes Kate Foxwell -- 6. "A School Settlement," 1911 Clara Ellen Grant -- 7. "Barmaids," 1889 Margaret Harkness -- 8. "In A London Tramp Ward," 1906 Mary (Kingsland) Higgs -- 9. "The Fur-Pullers Of South London," 1897 Edith (Mrs. F. G.) Hogg -- 10. From A London Plane-Tree, And Other Verse, 1889 Amy Levy -- 11. "A Slum Mother" (1908) And "Guy And The Stars" (1919) Margaret Mcmillan -- 12. "Gilding The Gutter," 1905 Olive Christian Malvery -- 13. "The Irresponsibility Of The Father," 1918 Anna Martin -- 14. "Eating The Apple," 1899 Honnor Morten -- 15. "The Evacuation Of The Workhouse," 1918 Margaret Wynne Nevinson -- 16. Selections From The Woman's Dreadnought, 1916-1917 Sylvia Pankhurst -- 17. From The Pudding Lady, 1910 Florence Petty -- 18. Selections From The Missing Link Magazine, 1878 Ellen Henrietta Ranyard -- 19. Selections From Round About A Pound A Week, 1913 Maud Pember Reeves -- 20. "Drunkenness," 1878 Maude Alethea Stanley -- 21. From London Street Arabs, 1890 Dorothy Tennant (Lady Stanley) -- 22. "Petticoat-Lane," 1895 Ethel Brilliana (Mrs. Alec) Tweedie -- 23. "An Epiphany Pilgrimage," 1906 Kate Warburton -- 24. "Pages From A Work-Girl'S Diary," 1888 Beatrice (Potter) Webb -- Appendix 1: The Geography Of London Wealth And Poverty -- Appendix 2: The Texts Arranged Thematically -- Glossary Of Terms, Institutions, And Organizations -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809197703321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 | ||
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The tragic tale of Claire Ferchaud and the Great War [[electronic resource] /] / Raymond Jonas |
Autore | Jonas Raymond <1954-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina |
282/.092
B |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1914-1918 - Religious aspects - Catholic Church
Sacred Heart, Devotion to - France - History of doctrines - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
apotheosis
biography childhood trauma christianity claire ferchaud discussion books downfall european history french countryside french peasant french war historical nonfiction historical visionaries illustrated jesus christ joan of arc life story national fame religious visions sacred heart spiritual development spiritual directors spiritual patronage tragic history visionary gifts visions of jesus war world war i. wwi |
ISBN |
1-282-76312-1
9786612763120 0-520-93828-3 1-59734-947-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The Great War in the European imagination -- Miracle or "miracle?" -- Carnal vision and saintly ambition -- Spiritual patronage and a mission to save France -- Silent eruptions : Claire and her public -- In the footsteps of Joan -- A kind of apotheosis : Claire goes to Paris -- Claire's story goes public : the Sacred Heart and the Union Sacrée -- Consecration by proxy -- The unraveling -- The unmaking of a saint -- Prologue as epilogue : the story of Jonas. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783315303321 |
Jonas Raymond <1954->
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The tragic tale of Claire Ferchaud and the Great War [[electronic resource] /] / Raymond Jonas |
Autore | Jonas Raymond <1954-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina |
282/.092
B |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1914-1918 - Religious aspects - Catholic Church
Sacred Heart, Devotion to - France - History of doctrines - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
apotheosis
biography childhood trauma christianity claire ferchaud discussion books downfall european history french countryside french peasant french war historical nonfiction historical visionaries illustrated jesus christ joan of arc life story national fame religious visions sacred heart spiritual development spiritual directors spiritual patronage tragic history visionary gifts visions of jesus war world war i. wwi |
ISBN |
1-282-76312-1
9786612763120 0-520-93828-3 1-59734-947-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The Great War in the European imagination -- Miracle or "miracle?" -- Carnal vision and saintly ambition -- Spiritual patronage and a mission to save France -- Silent eruptions : Claire and her public -- In the footsteps of Joan -- A kind of apotheosis : Claire goes to Paris -- Claire's story goes public : the Sacred Heart and the Union Sacrée -- Consecration by proxy -- The unraveling -- The unmaking of a saint -- Prologue as epilogue : the story of Jonas. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819771003321 |
Jonas Raymond <1954->
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