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100 1 _aBanner, Stuart.
245 1 4 _aThe Death Penalty :
_bAn American History.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c2002.
264 4 _c©2002.
300 _a1 online resource (397 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
505 0 _aIntro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Terror, Blood, and Repentance -- 2. Hanging Day -- 3. Degrees of Death -- 4. The Origins of Opposition -- 5. Northern Reform, Southern Retention -- 6. Into the Jail Yard -- 7. Technological Cures -- 8. Decline -- 9. To the Supreme Court -- 10. Resurrection -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Counting Executions -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
520 _aHere, for the first time, we have a comprehensive account of the death penalty in the United States. Stuart Banner tells the story of dramatic changes, over four centuries, in the ways capital punishment has been administered and experienced. Banner moves beyond the debates to give us an unprecedented understanding of America's ultimate punishment.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aCapital punishment-United States-History.
650 0 _aCapital punishment-Moral and ethical aspects-United States.
650 0 _aUnited States-Social conditions.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aBanner, Stuart
_tThe Death Penalty
_dCambridge : Harvard University Press,c2002
_z9780674010833
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3300432
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