Joseph F. Spillane

Gebundenes Buch

Coxsackie

The Life and Death of Prison Reform

Beschreibung

This account challenges the conventional wisdom that America's prison crisis is of comparatively recent vintage, showing instead how a racial and punitive system of control emerged from the ashes of a progressive ideal.

Autor

Joseph F. Spillane is an associate professor of history at the University of Florida. He is the author of several books, including Cocaine: From Medical Marvel to Modern Menace in the United States, 1884-1920, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Produktdetails

• Reconfiguring American Political History
• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9781421413228
• ISBN-10: 1421413221
• Artikelnr.: 40040617

Rezensionen

Damn it's compelling... If you're interested in the historical roots of our prison system, you ought to spend an evening with this book.