Executing democracy
Hartnett, Stephen J.
Executing democracy [electronic resource] / Stephen John Hartnett. - East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University Press, c2010- - 1 online resource (1 online resource :) ill. - Rhetoric and public affairs series. . - Rhetoric and public affairs series. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
v. 1. Capital punishment & the making of America, 1683-1807 -- v. 2. Capital punishment & the making of America, 1835-1843 --
"This eye-opening and well-researched companion to the first volume of Executing Democracy enters the death-penalty discussion during the debates of 1835 and 1843, when pro-death penalty Calvinist minister George Barrell Cheever faced off against abolitionist magazine editor John O'Sullivan. In contrast to the macro-historical overview presented in volume 1, volume 2 provides micro-historical case studies, using these debates as springboards into the discussion of the death penalty in America at large. Incorporating a wide range of sources, including political poems, newspaper editorials, and warring manifestos, this second volume highlights a variety of perspectives, thus demonstrating the centrality of public debates about crime, violence, and punishment to the history of American democracy. Hartnett's insightful assessment bears witness to a complex national discussion about the political, metaphysical, and cultural significance of the death penalty."--Publisher's website.
9781609173456
Debates and debating--History.--United States
Rhetoric--Political aspects--History.--United States
Crime--History.--United States
Capital punishment--History.--United States
United States--History--1783-1865.
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HV8699.U5 / H374 2010
364.660973
Executing democracy [electronic resource] / Stephen John Hartnett. - East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University Press, c2010- - 1 online resource (1 online resource :) ill. - Rhetoric and public affairs series. . - Rhetoric and public affairs series. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
v. 1. Capital punishment & the making of America, 1683-1807 -- v. 2. Capital punishment & the making of America, 1835-1843 --
"This eye-opening and well-researched companion to the first volume of Executing Democracy enters the death-penalty discussion during the debates of 1835 and 1843, when pro-death penalty Calvinist minister George Barrell Cheever faced off against abolitionist magazine editor John O'Sullivan. In contrast to the macro-historical overview presented in volume 1, volume 2 provides micro-historical case studies, using these debates as springboards into the discussion of the death penalty in America at large. Incorporating a wide range of sources, including political poems, newspaper editorials, and warring manifestos, this second volume highlights a variety of perspectives, thus demonstrating the centrality of public debates about crime, violence, and punishment to the history of American democracy. Hartnett's insightful assessment bears witness to a complex national discussion about the political, metaphysical, and cultural significance of the death penalty."--Publisher's website.
9781609173456
Debates and debating--History.--United States
Rhetoric--Political aspects--History.--United States
Crime--History.--United States
Capital punishment--History.--United States
United States--History--1783-1865.
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HV8699.U5 / H374 2010
364.660973