Death by a Thousand Cuts

by Gregory Blue and Timothy Brook

Book Overview

In a public square in Beijing in 1904, multiple murderer Wang Weiqin was executed before a crowd of onlookers. He was among the last to suffer the extreme punishment known as lingchi. Called by Western observers "death by a thousand cuts" or "death by slicing," this penalty was reserved for the very worst crimes in imperial China.

A unique interdisciplinary history, Death by a Thousand Cuts is the first book to explore the history,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674027736
• ISBN13: 9780674027732
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.2"