A Global History of Execution and the Criminal Corpse
Published on 14. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
313 pages
978-1-349-55234-4 (ISBN)
Description
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. This book has two open access chapters under a CC BY license.
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Edition
2015 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-349-55234-4 (9781349552344)
DOI
10.1057/9781137444011
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Clare Anderson, University of Leicester, UK
Pascal Bastien, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
Song-Chuan Chen, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Zoe Dyndor, University of Leicester, UK
Stacey Hynd, University of Exeter, UK
Alexander Kästner, Technical University Dresden, Germany
James Kelly, Dublin City University, Ireland
Evelyne Luef, University of Vienna, Austria
Steve Poole, University of the West of England, UK
Caroline Sharples, University of Sussex, UK
Pascal Bastien, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
Song-Chuan Chen, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Zoe Dyndor, University of Leicester, UK
Stacey Hynd, University of Exeter, UK
Alexander Kästner, Technical University Dresden, Germany
James Kelly, Dublin City University, Ireland
Evelyne Luef, University of Vienna, Austria
Steve Poole, University of the West of England, UK
Caroline Sharples, University of Sussex, UK