The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber

New
Hardcover
2010
$57.47

First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a 'humane' method of execution. Delving into science, war, industry, medicine, law, and politics, the author overturns this mythology for good.

Synopsis

First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a 'humane' method of execution. Delving into science, war, industry, medicine, law, and politics, the author overturns this mythology for good.

$57.47

Quantity

1 in stock

More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 344
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 15 Jun 2010
ISBN 10: 0520255623
ISBN 13: 9780520255623

The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber

New

$57.47

Synopsis

$57.47

More Information