Detention castles of stone and steel : landscape, labor, and the urban penitentiary / James C. Garman
- Author:
- Garman, James C.
- Published:
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2005]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2005
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Contents:
- "In limbo's patrimony" : theoretical approaches to the social reform institution -- "By reforming the delinquent and deterring others from like courses" : Rhode Island's struggle for a state prison -- "A monument of shame and disgrace to the state" : building and rebuilding the landscape of confinement -- "The privilege of working" : the labor program at the Rhode Island State Prison -- "A small amount has been accomplished" : confrontations and clashes in the prison workshops -- "A sort of uncontrollable autonomy" : the reinvention of the social reform institution.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 1572333545 (hardcover)
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-220) and index.
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