The Dreadful Word. Speech Crime and Polite Gentlemen in Massachusetts, 1690-1776, New ed, Hardback/Kristin A. Olbertson

The Dreadful Word describes how the criminalization, prosecution, and punishment of speech offenses in eighteenth-century Massachusetts helped to establish and legitimate a cultural regime of politeness. This work is the first of its kind and will be of interest to history and law scholars. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Author(s): Kristin A. Olbertson Illustration(s): Worked examples or Exercises Number of pages: 258 Collection: Studies in Legal History Publication date: 2022 Dimensions: 158 x 278 x 29 Cover type: Hardback