Executing freedom : the cultural life of capital punishment in the United States / Daniel LaChance.
2016
KF9227.C2 L33 2016 (Mapit)
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Executing freedom : the cultural life of capital punishment in the United States / Daniel LaChance.
Imprint
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2016]
Description
xiii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
When Bundy buckles up
From rehabilitation to retribution. "Inside your daddy's house": capital punishment and creeping nihilism in the atomic age
"The respect which is due them as men": the rise of retribution in a polarizing nation
Executable subjects. Fixed risks and free souls: judging and executing capital defendants after Gregg v. Georgia
Shock therapy: the rehabilitation of capital punishment
The killing state. "A country worthy of heroes": the old West and the new American death penalty
Father knows best: capital punishment as a family value
Epilogue: disabling freedom.
From rehabilitation to retribution. "Inside your daddy's house": capital punishment and creeping nihilism in the atomic age
"The respect which is due them as men": the rise of retribution in a polarizing nation
Executable subjects. Fixed risks and free souls: judging and executing capital defendants after Gregg v. Georgia
Shock therapy: the rehabilitation of capital punishment
The killing state. "A country worthy of heroes": the old West and the new American death penalty
Father knows best: capital punishment as a family value
Epilogue: disabling freedom.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KF9227.C2 L33 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9780226066691 cloth alkaline paper
022606669X cloth alkaline paper
9780226066721 e-book
022606672X e-book
022606669X cloth alkaline paper
9780226066721 e-book
022606672X e-book
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