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The History of Torture Throughout the Ages (Kegan Paul Library of Arcana)

History

Scott, Professor George Ryley

Americas

Kegan Paul

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History of Torture Throughout the Ages

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Kessinger Publishing

<p>1940. The author makes no apology for his presentation of a gruesome picture of man's inhumanity. The record, stark and terrible as it truly is, should drive home to all thinking persons the need for every effort being made to eliminate all forms of cruelty. The grim account of torture in our own time should make it clear to ever reader the danger and possibility of an outbreak at any time or place. Illustrated.</p>

The History of Torture Throughout the Ages

A History of Prostitution from Antiquity to the Present Day

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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.

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The History of Torture Throughout the Ages (Kegan Paul Library of Arcana)

History of Torture Throughout the Ages

The History of Torture Throughout the Ages

The History of Torture Throughout the Ages

A History of Prostitution from Antiquity to the Present Day

A History of Prostitution from Antiquity to the Present Day

The History of Torture Throughout the Ages