Kristin A. Olbertson

Broschiertes Buch

The Dreadful Word

Beschreibung

The Dreadful Word describes how the criminalization, prosecution, and punishment of speech offenses in eighteenth-century Massachusetts helped to establish and legitimate a cultural regime of politeness. This work is the first of its kind and will be of interest to history and law scholars.

Autor

Kristin A. Olbertson is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Alma College. She was previously a fellow at the Hurst Summer Institute.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Legal History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9781009102865
• ISBN-10: 1009102869
• Artikelnr.: 70523413