Rites of Execution: Capital Punishment and the Transformation of..

by Louis P. Masur

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Masur, Louis P. Rites of Execution: Capital Punishment and the Transformation of American Culture, 1776-1865. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. First edition. viii, 208 pp. Illustrations. Publisher's black cloth fine, in near fine dust jacket. Internally clean. 50. * A seminal history of capital punishment in America by historian Louis P. Masur. In the late 18th century, executions were massive, festive, public spectacles designed to deter crime through

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