Penitentiaries, Punishment, and Military Prisons : Familiar Responses to an Extraordinary Crisis during the American Civil War /

"While primarily focusing on the Civil War years, the author looks back to the early 1800s to explain the establishment and function of penitentiaries, discussing how military and civil punishments continuously influenced each other throughout the Civil War era."--Provided by publisher

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zombek, Angela M., 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Prisons.
Prisoners of war.
Prisoners.
Military prisons.
Prisons > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Prisonniers de guerre > États confederes d'Amerique > Histoire.
Prisons militaires > États confederes d'Amerique > Histoire.
Prisons militaires > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Prisons > United States > History > 19th century.
Prisoners of war > Confederate States of America > History.
Prisoners of war > United States > History > 19th century.
Military prisons > Confederate States of America > History.
Military prisons > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Confederate States of America.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Prisonniers et prisons.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Shared theories: commonalities among Federal, State, civil, and military punishments
  • Penitentiaries and military prisons: built on common ground
  • Regulating operation: penitentiary and military prison officials' quest for order
  • The internal world of the prison: inmates' identity and disobedience
  • Life out there: inmates' communications with the outside world
  • Shifting power dynamics: abused privileges and escape attempts
  • Fallen from grace: the experience of female inmates
  • War's legacy: closing military prisons and rethinking penitentiaries
  • Conclusion.

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