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Prisons, Asylums, and the Public : Institutional Visiting in the Nineteenth Century /
Prisons, Asylums, and the Public argues that, rather than existing in isolation, these institutions were closely connected to the communities beyond their walls. Challenging traditional interpretations of public visiting, Janet Miron examines the implications and imperatives of visiting from the per...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.