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Punishment, prisons, and patriarchy : liberty and power in the early American republic /
Punishment, Prisons, and Patriarchy tells the story of how first-generation Americans coupled their legacy of liberty with a penal philosophy that promoted patriarchy, especially for marginal Americans. American patriots fought a revolution in the name of liberty. Their victory celebrations barely e...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
©2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Punishment, Prisons, and Patriarchy tells the story of how first-generation Americans coupled their legacy of liberty with a penal philosophy that promoted patriarchy, especially for marginal Americans. American patriots fought a revolution in the name of liberty. Their victory celebrations barely ended before leaders expressed fears that immigrants, African Americans, women, and the lower classes were prone to vice, disorder, and crime. This spurred a generation of penal reformers to promote successfully the most systematic institution ever devised for stripping people of liberty: the peniten. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 337 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-325) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1429414278 9781429414272 9780814747834 0814747833 9780814749227 0814749224 0814748678 9780814748671 |