Joseph F. Spillane

Coxsackie

The Life and Death of Prison Reform

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This account challenges the conventional wisdom that America's prison crisis is of comparatively recent vintage, showing instead how a racial and punitive system of control emerged from the ashes of a progressive ideal.

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Produktdetails

• Reconfiguring American Political History
• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9781421413228
• ISBN-10: 1421413221
• Artikelnr.: 40040617

Autorenporträt

Joseph F. Spillane is an associate professor of history at the University of Florida. He is the author of several books, including Cocaine: From Medical Marvel to Modern Menace in the United States, 1884-1920, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Rezensionen

Damn it's compelling... If you're interested in the historical roots of our prison system, you ought to spend an evening with this book.