The Electric Chair
An Unnatural American History
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Death & Dying, Crimes & Criminals, Criminology, History
| Author: | Craig Brandon | ISBN: | 9780786451012 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers | Publication: | March 3, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Craig Brandon |
| ISBN: | 9780786451012 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
| Publication: | March 3, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
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 replaced it with lethal injection.
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 replaced it with lethal injection.
