Liberty's prisoners : carceral culture in early America / Jen Manion.

Liberty's prisoners : carceral culture in early America /

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 optimism and turmoil in the Revolution's wake. Th...

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Main Author: Manion, Jen, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
Series:Early American studies.
Subjects:
Sex customs > Pennsylvania > History > 19th century.
Sex customs > Pennsylvania > History > 18th century.
Social control > Pennsylvania > History > 19th century.
Social control > Pennsylvania > History > 18th century.
Punishment > Pennsylvania > History > 19th century.
Punishment > Pennsylvania > History > 18th century.
Women prisoners > Pennsylvania > History > 19th century.
Women prisoners > Pennsylvania > History > 18th century.
Prisoners > Pennsylvania > History > 19th century.
Prisoners > Pennsylvania > History > 18th century.
Imprisonment > Pennsylvania > History > 19th century.
Imprisonment > Pennsylvania > History > 18th century.
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