The History of Torture and Execution - Hardcover

Farrington, Karen; Kellaway, Jean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1585741450 ISBN 13: 9781585741458

Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, 2000

Synopsis

A full-color history of the cruel and violent ways in which humans have meted out punishment--from early civilizations to the present.

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Throughout history, cultures around the world have found justice for the most extreme crimes by condemning the guilty to death. Retribution has been served by many methods, from beheading, garroting, entombment, and burning, to modern means such as electrocution and lethal injection. In the process of inflicting torturous pain, even more ingenious devices have been employed. While torture has usually been carried out behind closed doors, it is only recently that executions have ceased to be a popular and public spectacle. The History of Torture & Execution examines these fascinating but grisly subjects by time, region, and method. Beginning with the often-crude methods of meting out justice used by early and first-millennium civilizations, and evolving from the sadistic tools of the medieval age to the modern search for humane execution, controversial issues are authoritatively covered. Over 180 black-and-white and color pictures illustrate the many and varied engines of this final punishment, and the inclusion of stories told by the victims themselves give a chilling insight into the horrors faced by prisoners condemned to die for their crimes. (9 X 12, 196 pages, color photos, b&w photos)

About this edition

• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1585741450
• ISBN 13: 9781585741458
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192