Garland , David <br/><br/>
Peculiar institution  :   America's death penalty in an age of abolition 
by David Garland. 
 - U.S. :  O.U.P,  2010. 
 - 417 p. 
<br/><br/> Table of Contents:<br/>Chapter 1. A peculiar institution <br/>Chapter 2. The American way of death<br/>Chapter 3. Historical modes of capital punishment <br/>Chapter 4. The death penalty's decline <br/>Chapter 5. Processes of transformation <br/>Chapter 6. State and society in america <br/>Chapter 7. Capital punishment in America <br/>Chapter 8. An American abolition<br/>Chapter 9. New political and cultural meanings <br/>Chapter 10. Reinventing the death penalty <br/>Chapter 11. Death and its uses<br/>Chapter 12. Epilogue : discourse and death<br/>Index<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199594993 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criminology.<br/>Capital punishment.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.660973   / GAR/PEC