Rites of execution : capital punishment and the transformation of American culture, 1776-1865
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Rites of execution : capital punishment and the transformation of American culture, 1776-1865
（Oxford paperbacks）
Oxford University Press, 1991
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"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1991"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-197) and index
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内容説明
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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