Executing Freedom
The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment in the United States
Publication supported by the Bevington Fund
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Part 1 From Rehabilitation to Retribution
1 “Inside Your Daddy’s House”: Capital Punishment and Creeping Nihilism in the Atomic Age
2 “The Respect Which Is Due Them as Men”: The Rise of Retribution in a Polarizing Nation
Part 2 Executable Subjects
3 Fixed Risks and Free Souls: Judging and Executing Capital Defendants after Gregg v. Georgia
4 Shock Therapy: The Rehabilitation of Capital Punishment
Part 3 The Killing State
5 “A Country Worthy of Heroes”: The Old West and the New American Death Penalty
6 Father Knows Best: Capital Punishment as a Family Value
Epilogue: Disabling Freedom
Notes
Index
Choice Magazine: CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Awards
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History: American History
Law and Legal Studies: Law and Society
Political Science: Political Behavior and Public Opinion
Sociology: Social Institutions
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