Hartnett, Stephen J. <br/><br/>
Executing Democracy :  Volume One: Capital Punishment and the Making of America, 1683-1807. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (354 pages) 
 - Rhetoric and Public Affairs Series ;  v.1 .
 - Rhetoric and Public Affairs Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781609172077 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Capital punishment-United States-History.<br/>Crime-United States-History.<br/>Rhetoric-Political aspects-United States-History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV8699