| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
"First published in 1996 by Oxford University Press"--Title page verso. |
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"With a new afterword by the author"--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-250) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Death penalty abolitionism in America -- The fall and rise of capital punishment: 1965-1976 -- The return of the executioner: 1976-1982 -- The reemergence of political abolitionism -- Framing disputes in the movement against capital punishment -- Abolitionism at the crossroads -- Reframing capital punishment: pragmatic abolitionism -- Afterword: Spring, 1999. |
| Summary |
While most western democracies have renounced the death penalty, capital punishment has growing support in the United States. A significant and vocal minority continues to oppose it. This is an account of anti-death penalty activism in America since the ten-year moratorium on executions ended. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Capital punishment -- United States.
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Capital punishment. |
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United States. |
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Capital punishment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Haines, Herbert H. Against capital punishment. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 0195132491 (DLC) 99022341 (OCoLC)40862220 |
| ISBN |
9780198024934 (electronic book) |
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0198024932 (electronic book) |
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1602564000 (electronic book) |
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9781602564008 (electronic book) |
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9780195132496 (print) |
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0195132491 (print) |
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