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Liberty's prisoners : carceral culture in early America /

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. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Manion, Jen, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
Colección:Early American studies.
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