Executing Democracy: Volume Two: Capital Punishment and the Making of America, 1835-1843 Volume 2

by Stephen J. Hartnett

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611865387
• ISBN13: 9781611865387
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"