| A Global History of Execution and the Criminal Corpse 2015 Edition Contributor(s): Ward, Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1137443995 ISBN-13: 9781137443991 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $94.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Modern - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 364.66 |
| LCCN: 2015001320 |
| Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and Its A |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (1.30 lbs) 313 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Through studies of beheaded Irish traitors, smugglers hung in chains on the English coast, suicides subjected to the surgeon's knife in Dresden and the burial of executed Nazi war criminals, this volume provides a fresh perspective on the history of capital punishment. The chapters 'Introduction: A Global History of Execution and the Criminal Corpse' and 'The Gibbet in the Landscape: Locating the Criminal Corpse in Mid-Eighteenth-Century England' are open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. |