The Dreadful Word : Speech Crime and Polite Gentlemen in Massachusetts, 1690–1776
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Studies in Legal History
ISBN-10
1009102869
ISBN-13
9781009102865
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 8th, 2024
Print length
337 Pages
Weight
502 grams
Dimensions
15.10 x 22.90 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Colonialism & imperialismLegal history
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The Dreadful Word describes how the criminalization, prosecution, and punishment of speech offenses in eighteenth-century Massachusetts helped to establish and legitimate a cultural regime of politeness. This work is the first of its kind and will be of interest to history and law scholars.
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