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Electric Chair : An Unnatural American History by Craig Brandon (1999, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

ISBN-100786406860

ISBN-139780786406869

eBay Product ID (ePID)330769

Product Key Features

Book TitleElectric Chair : an Unnatural American History

Number of Pages285 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1999

TopicDeath & Dying, Criminology

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science

AuthorCraig Brandon

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight43.2 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN99-031128

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal364.66/0973

SynopsisThis book provides a history of the electric chair and analyzes its features, its development, and the manner of its use., Since its first use in 1890, the electric chair has been the means of legal execution for over 4,300 individuals in 23 states. Its use in recent years has steadily declined, and nowadays many states use the chair only as a museum display. This book provides a history of the electric chair and analyzes its features, its development, and the manner of its use. Chapters cover the early conceptual stages as a humane alternative to hanging, and the rivalry between Edison and Westinghouse that was one of the main forces in the chair's adoption as a mode of execution. Also presented are an account of the terrible first execution and a number of the subsequent gruesome employments of the chair. The text explores the changing attitudes toward the chair as state after state replaces it with lethal injection.

LC Classification NumberHV8699.U5B69 1999