Hiding the guillotine : public executions in France, 1870-1939 /

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Author / Creator:	Taïeb, Emmanuel, author.
Uniform title:	Guillotine au secret. English
Imprint:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020. ©2020
Description:	1 online resource (xix, 290 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Capital punishment -- France -- History -- 19th century. Capital punishment -- France -- History -- 20th century. Guillotine -- France -- History -- 19th century. Guillotine -- France -- History -- 20th century. Capital punishment. Guillotine. France. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13541784

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Other authors / contributors:	Raillard, Sarah-Louise, translator. Roth, Mitchel P., 1953- writer of foreword.
ISBN:	1501750968 9781501750953 150175095X 9781501750960 9781501750946
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Translated from the original French into English. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 22, 2020).
Summary:	"This book explores the evolution of public executions in France: the public dimension of the death penalty, its ritual and theatrical form, its attendance, and the continuous critics of this power technology"--
Other form:	Print version: Taïeb, Emmanuel. Hiding the guillotine Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020. 9781501750946

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