A Global History of Execution and the Criminal Corpse (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)

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.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
Release date:	September 2015
Editors:	Richard Ward
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	313
Edition:	1st ed. 2015
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-44399-1
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Courts & procedure > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-137-44399-5
Barcode:	9781137443991

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