Rites of Execution: Capital Punishment and the Transformation of America Culture, 1776-1865

by Louis P. Masur

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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 new sensibilities and the reconstitution of cultural values throughout the Western world. This study examines...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195066634

ISBN13:9780195066630

Release Date:May 1991

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.66 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.4" x 8.3"

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