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Executing Democracy: Volume One: Capital Punishment & the Making of America, 1683-1807 Volume 1
Contributor(s): Hartnett, Stephen J. (Author)
ISBN: 0870138693     ISBN-13: 9780870138690
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
OUR PRICE:   $26.99  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: January 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - General
- Social Science | Penology
Dewey: 364.660
LCCN: 2009014695
Series: Rhetoric & Public Affairs
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.35 lbs) 331 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 17th Century
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Chronological Period - 1800-1850
 
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Executing Democracy: Capital Punishment & the Making of America, 1683-1807 is the first volume of a rhetorical history of public debates about crime, violence, and capital punishment in America. This examination begins in 1683, when William Penn first struggled to govern the rowdy indentured servants of Philadelphia, and continues up until 1807, when the Federalists sought to impose law-and-order upon the New Republic.
This volume offers a lively historical overview of how crime, violence, and capital punishment influenced the settling of the New World, the American Revolution, and the frantic post-war political scrambling to establish norms that would govern the new republic.
By presenting a macro-historical overview, and by filling the arguments with voices from different political camps and communicative genres, Hartnett provides readers with fresh perspectives for understanding the centrality of public debates about capital punishment to the history of American democracy.

Contributor Bio(s): Hartnett, Stephen John: - Stephen J. Hartnett is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Denver and President of the National Communication Association.