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Canada's big house : the dark history of the Kingston Penitentiary /
The story of Kingston Penitentiary's rapid descent from puritanical purpose to merely punitive management.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto [Ont.] :
Dundurn Press,
1999.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Built of Limestone and Rules
- the original plan and the first rules of operation; Chapter 2: Running Amok and the Aftermath
- early excesses leading to the first of many public inquiries; Chapter 3: Stability and, Yes, a Touch of Humanity
- a review of the Aeneas MacDonell years, 1849-1869; Chapter 4: After Sixty Years
- the takeover of the jail by the Dominion of Canada and some effects; Chapter 5: A Kinder, Gentler Jail
- For a While
- the regime of John Creighton and his successors to the dawn of the twentieth century.