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Author:

Garland, David.

Title:

Peculiar institution : America's death penalty in an age of abolition / David Garland.

Publisher:

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

417 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Capital punishment--United States--History.
Discrimination in capital punishment--United States--History.
Decentralization in government--United States--History.
Power (Social sciences)--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-393) and index. Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-393) and index.

Contents:

The exemplary execution -- A peculiar institution -- The American way of death -- Historical modes of capital punishment -- The death penalty's decline -- Processes of transformation -- State and society in America -- Capital punishment in America -- An American abolition -- New political and cultural meanings -- Reinventing the death penalty -- Death and its uses -- Discourse and death.

ISBN:

0674057236 (alk. paper)
9780674057234 (alk. paper) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)555660646

LCCN:

2010019967

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)