- Capital punishment, Law, china, Wounds and Injuries, History
"A unique interdisciplinary history, Death by a Thousand Cuts is the first book to explore the history, iconography, and legal contexts of Chinese tortures and executions from the tenth century until lingchi's abolition in 1905.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and epic.
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- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Timothy Brook, Jérôme Bourgon, Gregory Blue
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780674027732
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