TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hartnett,Stephen J.
ED  - Project Muse.
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - Executing democracy
T2  - Rhetoric and public affairs series
SN  - 9781609173456
AV  - HV8699.U5 H374 2010
U1  - 364.660973 22
PY  - 2010///-
CY  - East Lansing, Mich.
PB  - Michigan State University Press
KW  - Debates and debating
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Crime
KW  - Capital punishment
KW  - 1783-1865
KW  - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - 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 --
N2  - "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
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781609173456/
ER  -