Revisiting the hanging tree

In 1994 V. A. C. Gatrell published The Hanging Tree: Execution and the English People 1770-1868. Though the book has been widely cited by historians, its complex argument about the relationship between punishment and culture has been too little understood. The work has also failed to win the wider a...

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Main Author: McGowen, Randall (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2000
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2000, Volume: 40, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-13
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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