The History of Torture Throughout the Ages - George Ryley Scott - Books - Oakley Press - 9781446523261 - December 3, 2010
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The History of Torture Throughout the Ages

George Ryley Scott

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The History of Torture Throughout the Ages

Publisher Marketing: Individual; The Pleasure Principle in Masochism; The Causes of Wholesale or Mass Torture; The Effects of Torture; Torture Among Savage and Primitive Races; Torture in Ancient Greece and Rome; The Progress of Torture; The Holy Inquisition; Torture in Great Britain and Ireland; The Persecution of the Witches; Torture in China, Japan and India; The Torture of Slaves in the West Indies, Mauritius and the United States of America; The War upon Torture; Some Notorious Torturers; Impaling Methods; Burning at the Stake, Branding, Boiling to Death, the Fire-pan and the Brazen Bull; Squassation, the Rack, the Wheel, the Boot and the Scavenger 's Daughter; Whipping and Beating; Mutilation, Drawing and Quartering, Decapitation, etc.; Burying Alive, Hanging Alive in Chains, Starvation, the Virgin Mary, etc.; Torture by Ordeal; Miscellaneous Forms of Torture; Methods of Self-inflicted Torture; Modern Methods of Torture; Forms of Torture of Animals; The Futility of Torture in the Fight Against Criminality; The Evils of Torture as a Form of Punishment; The Psychopathological Element in Torture, and its Treatment; The Abolition of Torture. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Contributor Bio:  Scott, George Ryley George Ryley Scott is also the author of "The History of Torture Throughout the Ages," also published by Kegan Paul.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released December 3, 2010
ISBN13 9781446523261
Publishers Oakley Press
Pages 406
Dimensions 140 × 216 × 23 mm   ·   512 g
Language English  

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