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The last gasp : the rise and fall of the American gas chamber / Scott Christianson.
| Author/creator | Christianson, Scott |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2010. |
| Description | xiv, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Envisioning the lethal chamber -- Fashioning a frightful weapon of war -- Devising "constructive peacetime uses" -- Staging the world's first gas execution -- "Like watering flowers" -- Pillar of respectability -- The rising storm -- Adapted for genocide -- Clouds of abolition -- The battle over capital punishment -- "Cruel and unusual punishment"? -- The last gasp -- Appendix 1. Earl C. Liston's patent application -- Appendix 2. Persons executed by lethal gas in the United States, by state, 1924-1999. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009052476 |
| ISBN | 9780520255623 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0520255623 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HV8699.U5 C415 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |