Rites of Execution: Capital Punishment and the Transformation of American Culture, 1776-1865 by Louis P. Masur 9780195066630

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Louis Masur's handsomely written account describes how, in the 1830s, public hangings were abandoned in favour of executions in the seclusion of prison yards. Masur sees attitudes toward state killing from the Revolution to the Civil War as reflecting the nation's social thinking.
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`Rites of Execution is the work of a historian ingenious with sources, rich in imagination and mature in judgment.' The Nation

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ISBN 9780195066630
Author Louis P. Masur
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 281g
Dimensions(mm) 211mm * 136mm * 17mm

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