Rites of Execution by Louis P Masur
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.
`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 13 | 9780195066630 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195066634 |
| Title | Rites of Execution |
| Author | Louis P Masur |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1991-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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