{"product_id":"the-electric-chair-an-unnatural-american-history-9780786444939","title":"The Electric Chair: An Unnatural American History","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Craig Brandon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Penology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book provides a history of the electric chair and analyzes its features, its development, and the manner of its use. Chapters cover the early conceptual stages as a humane alternative to hanging, and the rivalry between Edison and Westinghouse that was one of the main forces in the chair's adoption as a mode of execution. Also presented are an account of the terrible first execution and a number of the subsequent gruesome employments of the chair. The text explores the changing attitudes toward the chair as state after state replaced it with lethal injection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47584226082967,"sku":"9780786444939","price":2337.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786444939.webp?v=1774955045","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-electric-chair-an-unnatural-american-history-9780786444939","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}