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Civilizing torture [electronic resource]: an American tradition / W. Fitzhugh Brundage.

Civilizing torture [electronic resource]: an American t...

Civilizing torture [electronic resource]: an American tradition / W. Fitzhugh Brundage.

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Civilizing torture [electronic resource]: an American tradition / W. Fitzhugh Brundage.

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Civilizing torture [electronic resource]: an American tradition / W. Fitzhugh Brundage.

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018.

Record Identifier

74VKapQJJE5A

MMS ID

991024307490802626

Language

English

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Physical content

1 online resource (417 pages)

Content type

text

Media type

computer

Carrier type

online resource

Contents

Introduction: A question of civilization -- The manners of barbarians -- Discipline in a young democracy -- Cruelty and the paradox of slave property -- Torture in the brothers' war -- Imperialist excesses -- Police station trespasses -- Cold War brutality -- The enemy within.

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Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018.

Place of Publication

Massachusetts

Date Published

2018.

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

Civilizing torture [electronic resource]: an American tradition / W. Fitzhugh Brundage.

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Print version: Brundage, W. Fitzhugh (William Fitzhugh) 1959- Civilizing torture : an American tradition. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018 417 pages 9780674737662 (DLC) 2018017055

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74VKapQJJE5A

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKapQJJE5A

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ISBN

9780674988682 (e-book)

DDC

363.25/4

MMS ID

991024307490802626