Oxford University Press Inc Sivumäärä: 224 sivua Asu: Pehmeäkantinen kirja Painos: Paperback Julkaisuvuosi: 1991, 10.10.1991 (lisätietoa) Kieli: Englanti
Louis Masur's handsomely written account describes how, in the 1830s, public hangings were abandoned in favour of executions in the seclusion of prison yards. Masur sees attitudes toward state killing from the Revolution to the Civil War as reflecting the nation's social thinking.