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_qPaperback
040 _aRDA
_bENGLISH
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082 _a345.680773 TURR
100 _a TURRELL, Robert Vicat
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245 0 _aWhite mercy : a study of the death penalty in South Africa
_bRobert Turrell.
260 _aWestport, Conn. :
_bPraeger,
_c2004.
300 _aix, 281 pages
_bColour illustrations:
_c25 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
521 _aAdult
650 _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)
651 _aSouth Africa
654 _2Capital punishment South Africa History
655 _aHistory.
_9138377
690 _252728868
700 _aRobert Turrell, National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).
_9194023
942 _cBOOK
_2ddc
_y12663
_zPriscilla Nozizwe Mogale
999 _c87593
_d87592