Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. The Death Penalty in National Perspective 9
7. The Colonial and Revolutionary Eras 27
8. The Early Republic, 1786–1865 47
9. The South and the Border, 1866–1945 67
10. The Northeast, 1866–1945 93
11. The Western Regions, 1836–1945 119
12. Social Perspectives 147
13. The Death Penalty after 1945 167
14. The Death Penalty in American History 183
15. Appendix 191
16. Notes 205
17. Index 229