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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Autor principal: Christianson, Scott (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.] University of California Press c2010
En:Año: 2010
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Palabras clave:
Capital Punishment > United States > History > 20th century
Gas chambers > United States > History
Gaskammer
Gewalt
Hinrichtung
Holocaust
NS
Nationalsozialismus
Shoah
Staatliche Gewalt
Todesstrafe
USA > Todesstrafe > Gaskammer > Geschichte 1900-1999
Usa
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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
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:XIV, 325 S. Ill.
ISBN:9780520255623