Executing democracy . Volume 2 Capital punishment & the making of America, 1835-1843 / / Stephen John Hartnett
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| Autore: |
Hartnett Stephen J
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| Titolo: |
Executing democracy . Volume 2 Capital punishment & the making of America, 1835-1843 / / Stephen John Hartnett
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| Pubblicazione: | East Lansing, MI, : Michigan State University Press, c2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.660973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Capital punishment - United States - History |
| Crime - United States - History | |
| Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History | |
| Debates and debating - United States - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
| United States History 1783-1865 | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | v. 1. Capital punishment & the making of America, 1683-1807 -- v. 2. Capital punishment & the making of America, 1835-1843 -- |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "This eye-opening and well-researched companion to the first volume of Executing Democracy enters the death-penalty discussion during the debates of 1835 and 1843, when pro-death penalty Calvinist minister George Barrell Cheever faced off against abolitionist magazine editor John O'Sullivan. In contrast to the macro-historical overview presented in volume 1, volume 2 provides micro-historical case studies, using these debates as springboards into the discussion of the death penalty in America at large. Incorporating a wide range of sources, including political poems, newspaper editorials, and warring manifestos, this second volume highlights a variety of perspectives, thus demonstrating the centrality of public debates about crime, violence, and punishment to the history of American democracy. Hartnett's insightful assessment bears witness to a complex national discussion about the political, metaphysical, and cultural significance of the death penalty."--Publisher's website. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Executing democracy |
| ISBN: | 1-60917-345-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910824979403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Rhetoric and public affairs series.