The crisis of imprisonment : protest, politics, and the making of the American penal state, 1776-1941 / Rebecca M. McLennan.

America's prison-based system of punishment has not always enjoyed the widespread political and moral legitimacy it has today. In this groundbreaking reinterpretation of penal history, Rebecca McLennan covers the periods of deep instability, popular protest, and political crisis that characteri...

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Main Author:	McLennan, Rebecca M., 1967- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Series:	Cambridge historical studies in American law and society.
Subjects:	Protest movements > United States > History. Convict labor > United States > History. Imprisonment > United States > History. Punishment > United States > History. Criminal law > United States > History. Labor movement > United States > History. United States > Politics and government.
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511511721
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