The Politics of The Rope

the campaign to abolish capital punishment in Britain 1955-1969

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Murder, True Crime
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Author: Neville Twitchell ISBN: 9781909421080
Publisher: Arena Books Publication: October 13, 2012
Imprint: Arena Books Language: English
Author: Neville Twitchell
ISBN: 9781909421080
Publisher: Arena Books
Publication: October 13, 2012
Imprint: Arena Books
Language: English

This illuminating broad-based political and cultural study presents the efinitive account of the campaign to abolish capital punishment in the period 1955-69. It comprises a work of contemporary history exploring the theme from a number of angles, both pro and contra, which have not been covered so extensively before.

        It asks why the campaign succeeded when so many others facing lesser instititional obstacles failede, and it asks why it succeeded when it did and in the way it did, and considers whether the success of the campign can be accounted for by the Zeitgeist.

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This illuminating broad-based political and cultural study presents the efinitive account of the campaign to abolish capital punishment in the period 1955-69. It comprises a work of contemporary history exploring the theme from a number of angles, both pro and contra, which have not been covered so extensively before.

        It asks why the campaign succeeded when so many others facing lesser instititional obstacles failede, and it asks why it succeeded when it did and in the way it did, and considers whether the success of the campign can be accounted for by the Zeitgeist.

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