{"product_id":"9781609173456","title":"Executing Democracy: Volume Two: Capital Punishment and the Making of America, 1835-1843","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis eye-opening and well-researched companion to the first volume of \u003ci\u003eExecuting Democracy \u003c\/i\u003eenters the death-penalty discussion during the debates of 1835 and 1843, when pro-death penalty Calvinist minister George Barrell Cheever faced off against abolitionist magazine editor John O’Sullivan. In contrast to the macro-historical overview presented in volume 1, volume 2 provides micro-historical case studies, using these debates as springboards into the discussion of the death penalty in America at large. Incorporating a wide range of sources, including political poems, newspaper editorials, and warring manifestos, this second volume highlights a variety of perspectives, thus demonstrating the centrality of public debates about crime, violence, and punishment to the history of American democracy. Hartnett’s insightful assessment bears witness to a complex national discussion about the political, metaphysical, and cultural significance of the death penalty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michigan State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135084511472,"sku":"9781609173456","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781609173456_p0.jpg?v=1763836948","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781609173456","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}