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296 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780812247572
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 29 October 2015
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Liberty's Prisoners examines how changing attitudes about work, freedom, property, and family shaped the creation of the penitentiary system in the United States. The first penitentiary was founded in Philadelphia in 1790, a period of great optimi...
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296 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780812247572
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 29 October 2015
Description
Liberty's Prisoners examines how changing attitudes about work, freedom, property, and family shaped the creation of the penitentiary system in the United States. The first penitentiary was founded in Philadelphia in 1790, a period of great optimi...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings