Cargando…

Golden gulag : prisons, surplus, crisis, and opposition in globalizing California /

Since 1980, the number of people in U.S. prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with what a state analyst called "the biggest prison building project in the history of the world."...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilmore, Ruth Wilson, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.
Colección:American crossroads ; 21.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: The bus
  • Introduction
  • The California political economy
  • The prison fix
  • Crime, croplands, and capitalism
  • Mothers Reclaiming Our Children
  • What is to be done?
  • Epilogue: Another bus.