The Furnace of Affliction : Prisons and Religion in Antebellum America /

Focused on the intersection of Christianity and politics in the American penitentiary system, Jennifer Graber explores evangelical Protestants' efforts to make religion central to emerging practices and philosophies of prison discipline from the 1790s to the 1850s.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Graber, Jennifer, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Religious work with prisoners.
Protestantism.
Prisoners > Religious life.
Corrections.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Protestantisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Prisonniers > Vie religieuse > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Services correctionnels > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Pastorale des prisonniers > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Protestantism > United States > History > 19th century.
Prisoners > Religious life > United States > History > 19th century.
Corrections > United States > History > 19th century.
Religious work with prisoners > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The prison as garden, 1796-1804
  • The furnace of affliction, 1805-1823
  • The furnace at Auburn, 1816-1827
  • The furnace at Sing Sing, 1828-1839
  • The furnace transformed, 1840-1847
  • The prison as hell, 1848-1860.

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