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Executing democracy Volume 2, Capital punishment & the making of America, 1835-1843 / Stephen John Hartnett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hartnett, Stephen J.
- Series:
- Rhetoric and public affairs series.
- Rhetoric and public affairs series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capital punishment--United States--History.
- Capital punishment.
- Crime--United States--History.
- Crime.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States--History.
- Rhetoric.
- Debates and debating--United States--History.
- Debates and debating.
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- United States.
- United States--History--1783-1865.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "This eye-opening and well-researched companion to the first volume of Executing Democracy enters the death-penalty discussion during the debates of 1835 and 1843, when pro-death penalty Calvinist minister George Barrell Cheever faced off against abolitionist magazine editor John O'Sullivan. In contrast to the macro-historical overview presented in volume 1, volume 2 provides micro-historical case studies, using these debates as springboards into the discussion of the death penalty in America at large. Incorporating a wide range of sources, including political poems, newspaper editorials, and warring manifestos, this second volume highlights a variety of perspectives, thus demonstrating the centrality of public debates about crime, violence, and punishment to the history of American democracy. Hartnett's insightful assessment bears witness to a complex national discussion about the political, metaphysical, and cultural significance of the death penalty."--Publisher's website.
- Contents:
- v. 1. Capital punishment & the making of America, 1683-1807
- v. 2. Capital punishment & the making of America, 1835-1843
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contains:
- Capital punishment & the making of America, 1835-1843.
- Capital punishment & the making of America, 1683-1807.
- ISBN:
- 1-60917-345-7
- OCLC:
- 793947626
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