Jack D Marietta, G S Rowe

Troubled Experiment

Crime and Justice in Pennsylvania, 1682-1800

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Troubled Experiment" exposes the difference between glowing reputation and grim reality of crime in early Pennsylvania. The plight of lawmakers and magistrates, and the sufferings of victims, women, children, and minorities take their places in this tragedy. The authors conclude that through this lens, we see the troubled future of America.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780812239553
• ISBN-10: 0812239555
• Artikelnr.: 21767383

Autorenporträt

Jack D. Marietta and G. S. Rowe

Inhaltsangabe

Tables and Figures
Abbreviations and Short Titles
Introduction
Chapter One. Criminal Laws and Courts
Chapter Two. "While we lived not broken in upon"
Chapter Three. Problems of Pluralism
Chapter Four. Persistent Violence
Chapter Five. Enlarged Land, Shortened Justice
Chapter Six. Revolution
Chapter Seven. Commonwealth
Epilogue
Acknowledgments