{"product_id":"sentenced-to-death-david-guest-9781604730159","title":"Sentenced to Death: The American Novel and Capital Punishment","description":"The criminal justice system in America is as powerful a shaper of history and society as its better-known counterparts--the military, politics, government, and technology. In a country that lacks a mandatory death sentence for specific crimes, the American strategy for execution proves to be based more upon distinctions between offenders than upon distinctions between offenses.\u003cp\u003eFive important novels--\u003ci\u003eMcTeague, An American Tragedy, Native Son, In Cold Blood \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Executioner's Song\u003c\/i\u003e--bring readers a vivid awareness of America's punitive codes. Each details the story of a life that leads to the gallows. \u003ci\u003eSentenced to Death\u003c\/i\u003e places these works against the historical background of crime and capital punishment in America, a nation where public discourse on crime is dominated by images of the electric chair and the gas chamber, by maximum security prisons, by hardened convicts out on parole. Such images, in turn mirror and shape the exercise of punitive power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis pro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Guest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1604730153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781604730159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Guest","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46545735581951,"sku":"9781604730159","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2652ae5-63ed-4455-bf1c-91c9ad85752e.jpg?v=1738183195","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sentenced-to-death-david-guest-9781604730159","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}