Executing magic in the modern era : criminal bodies and the gallows in popular medicine /: criminal bodies and the gallows in popular medicine. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Owen Davies, Francesca Matteoni.
• Authors: Davies, Owen, 1969-; Matteoni, Francesca, 1975-
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Criminal Bodies -- 3. The Corpse Gives Life -- 4. The Places and Tools of Execution -- 5. Lingering Influences -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 PDF file (vii, 118 pages))
• Subjects: 306.09; History; Dead; Criminals -- Death; Executions and executioners; Social history; Crime -- Sociological aspects; Magic -- history; Cadaver; Medicine, Traditional -- history; Capital Punishment -- history; Criminals; History, 18th Century; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; Crime -- Sociological aspects; Dead; Executions and executioners; Social history; Science -- History; Social Science -- Criminology; History -- Europe -- Great Britain; History -- Social History; History of science; Crime & criminology; British & Irish history; Social & cultural history; Crime—Sociological aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319595191; 3319595199
• Related ISBNs: 9783319595184; 3319595180
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed December 12, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.