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Rites of Execution: Capital Punishment and the Transformation of American Culture, 1776-1865
Rites of Execution Capital Punishment and the Transformation of American Culture 17761865
Author: Louis P. Masur
Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, Western societies abandoned public executions in favor of private punishments, primarily confinement in penitentiaries and private executions. The transition, guided by a reconceptualization of the causes of crime, the nature of authority, and the purposes of punishment, embodied the triumph of ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195066630
ISBN-10: 0195066634
Publication Date: 5/30/1991
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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