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1 online resource (xxii, 331 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome. |
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data file |
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Bibliography |
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Rhetoric and public affairs series
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Executing democracy ; v. 1
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Rhetoric and public affairs series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Settler Debauchery, Capital Punishment, and the Theater of Colonial (Dis)Order, 1683-1741 ""; ""Chapter 2: The Paradox of a Republican Revolution Usingn Executions as Pedagogy, 1768-1784""; ""Chapter 3: The Hanging of Abraham Johnstone and the Turning of Terror into Hope, 1797 ""; ""Chapter 4: Enlightenment, Republicanism, and Executions, 1785-1800 ""; ""Conclusion: THe Haning of John M'Kean and the Perils of Sinning in an Age of Reason ""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
| Summary |
Executing Democracy: Capital Punishment & the Making of America, 1683-1807 is the first volume of a rhetorical history of public debates about crime, violence, and capital punishment in America. This examination begins in 1683, when William Penn first struggled to govern the rowdy indentured servants of Philadelphia, and continues up until 1807, when the Federalists sought to impose law-and-order upon the New Republic. This volume offers a lively historical overview of how crime, violence, and capital punishment influenced the settling of the New World, the American Revolution, and the f. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Capital punishment -- United States -- History.
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Capital punishment. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Crime -- United States -- History.
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Crime. |
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Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
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Rhetoric -- Political aspects. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hartnett, Stephen J. Executing democracy. East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University Press, ©2010- 9780870138690 (DLC) 2009014695 (OCoLC)318716112 |
| ISBN |
9781609172077 (electronic book) |
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1609172078 (electronic book) |
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9781628960716 (electronic book) |
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162896071X (electronic book) |
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9780870138690 |
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