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Southern Mercy : Empire and American Civilization in Juvenile Reform, 1890-1944 /

"From the late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century juvenile reformatories served as citizen-building institutions and a political tool of state racism in post-emancipation America. New South advocates cemented their regional affiliation by using these reformatories to showcase mercies which wer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bickford, Annette Louise, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Swamp Island; 2 The Samarcand Arson Case; 3 The Energy of Despair1; 4 The Merciful Executioner; 5 The Prodigal Son; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.