{"product_id":"executing-freedom-the-cultural-life-of-capital-punishment-in-the-united-states-paperback","title":"Executing Freedom: The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment in the United States - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel LaChance\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-1990s, as public trust in big government was near an all-time low, 80% of Americans told Gallup that they supported the death penalty. Why did people who didn't trust government to regulate the economy or provide daily services nonetheless believe that it should have the power to put its citizens to death? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e That question is at the heart of \u003ci\u003eExecuting Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, a powerful, wide-ranging examination of the place of the death penalty in American culture and how it has changed over the years. Drawing on an array of sources, including congressional hearings and campaign speeches, true crime classics like \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, and films like \u003ci\u003eDead Man Walking\u003c\/i\u003e, Daniel LaChance shows how attitudes toward the death penalty have reflected broader shifts in Americans' thinking about the relationship between the individual and the state. Emerging from the height of 1970s disillusion, the simplicity and moral power of the death penalty became a potent symbol for many Americans of what government \u003ci\u003ecould\u003c\/i\u003e do-and LaChance argues, fascinatingly, that it's the very failure of capital punishment to live up to that mythology that could prove its eventual undoing in the United States.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel LaChance\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of history at Emory University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 09, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42039138943056,"sku":"9780226583181","price":58.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/blNzOFFKc0RiWTZnbDlvTjYyMHdGQT09.webp?v=1771841360","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/executing-freedom-the-cultural-life-of-capital-punishment-in-the-united-states-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}