Liberty's Prisoners: Carceral Culture in Early America
(Part of the Early American Studies Series)
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Liberty's Prisoners examines how changing attitudes about work, freedom, property, and family shaped the creation of the penitentiary system in the United States. The first penitentiary was founded in Philadelphia in 1790, a period of great optimism and turmoil in the Revolution's wake. Those who were previously dependents with no legal standing--women, enslaved people, and indentured servants--increasingly claimed their own right to life,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:081222437X
ISBN13:9780812224375
Release Date:April 2019
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:296 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"
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