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Prisons, asylums, and the public : institutional visiting in the nineteenth century /

"The prisons and asylums of Canada and the United States were a popular destination for institutional tourists in the nineteenth-century. Thousands of visitors entered their walls, recording and describing the interiors, inmates, and therapeutic and reformative practices they encountered in let...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miron, Janet (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Establishment of Custodial Institutions and the Early Practice of Visiting
  • 2. Open Doors: Welcoming the Public Into Prisons and Asylums
  • 3. "You Must Go!" Visitors to Prisons and Asylums
  • 4. I Am Even Afraid that She Put Her Tongue Out: Inmate and Patient Responses to Visitors
  • 5. What We Saw with Our Own Eyes: Visiting and Nineteenth-Century Culture [19th century, Canada, United States]
  • 6. To Avoid Exposure and Publicity: Opposition to Visiting
  • 7. Behind Closed Doors: The Changing Relationship between Custodial Institutions and Society.