List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Death Penalty in National Perspective
2. The Colonial and Revolutionary Eras
3. The Early Republic, 1786-1865
4. The South and the Border, 1866-1945
5. The Northeast, 1866-1945
6. The Western Regions, 1836-1945
7. Social Perspectives
8. The Death Penalty after 1945
9. The Death Penalty in American History
Appendix
Notes
Index