The last gasp: the rise and fall of the American gas chamber
pt. 1. The rise of the lethal chamber -- Envisioning the lethal chamber -- Fashioning a frightful weapon of war -- Devising "constructive peacetime uses" -- Staging the world's first gas execution -- "Like watering flowers" -- Pillar of respectability -- The rising storm --...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.]
University of California Press
c2010
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| En: | Año: 2010 |
| Acceso en línea: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) |
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| Sumario: | pt. 1. The rise of the lethal chamber -- Envisioning the lethal chamber -- Fashioning a frightful weapon of war -- Devising "constructive peacetime uses" -- Staging the world's first gas execution -- "Like watering flowers" -- Pillar of respectability -- The rising storm -- Adapted for genocide -- pt. 2. The fall of the gas chamber -- Clouds of abolition -- The battle over capital punishment -- "Cruel and unusual punishment"? -- The last gasp -- Appendix 1: U.S. patent for the lethal gas chamber (1937/1939) -- Appendix 2: Persons executed by lethal gas in the United States, by state, 1924/1999 |
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| Notas: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descripción Física: | XIV, 325 S., Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780520255623 |