Hiding the Guillotine : : Public Executions in France, 1870-1939 / / Emmanuel Taïeb.
Hiding the Guillotine examines the question of state involvement in violence by tracing the evolution of public executions in France. Why did the state move executions from the bloody and public stage of the guillotine to behind prison doors? In a fascinating exploration of a grim subject, Emmanuel...
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 1 b&w line drawing, 3 graphs |
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