Rites of execution: capital punishment and the transformation of american culture, 1776-1865
Auteur :
Masur, Louis P.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195066630
Date de publication :
10 oct. 1991
Dimensions :
21,1 x 13,6 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
281 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This study examines the conflict over capital punishment in the United States and the way it transformed American culture between the revolution and the Civil War, relating the shift in rituals of punishment and attitudes toward discipline to the emergence of middle class culture.