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
| 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.
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.
