01335nam a2200229Ia 4500003000500000005001700005008004100022020003000063040002300093082002000116100002700136245008100163260003900244300004800283504005100331521001000382650055800392651001700950654004600967655001301013700007901026322820250609102849.0210816s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9780325 071329qPaperback  aRDAbENGLISHc3228  a345.680773 TURR  a TURRELL, Robert Vicat 0aWhite mercy : a study of the death penalty in South Africa bRobert Turrell.  aWestport, Conn. :bPraeger,c2004.  aix, 281 pagesbColour illustrations:c25 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aAdult  21. Segregation : "this man is only a native" (1900-1910) -- 2. Lord Gladstone : "this judicial slaughter is a desperate business" (1910-1914) -- 3. Degeneration : "inferior whites undermine the white race as a whole" (1914-1921) -- 4. Prince Arthur and the Rand Rebellion : "between judges... and politicians" (1922-1924) -- 5. Racial murder : "a national pastime" (1924-1933) -- 6. General smuts : "mostly illiterates and natives" (1933-1939) -- 7. A discretionary death penalty : "executions are carried out by one racial group on another" (1939-1948)  aSouth Africa  2Capital punishment  South Africa  History  aHistory.  aRobert Turrell, National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).