Punishment, prisons, and patriarchy liberty and power in the early American republic

Punishment, prisons, and patriarchy : liberty and power in the early American republic / Mark E. Kann.

Author/creator	Kann, Mark E.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	New York : New York University Press,
Description	ix, 337 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subject(s)	Punishment--United States --History. Prisons--United States --History.

Contents	Justifications for punishment -- Purposes of punishment -- Targets of punishment -- Benjamin Rush : patriarch of penal reform -- The case against traditional punishments -- Penitentiary punishment -- Prison discipline and prison patriarchs -- Disenchantment -- Warehousing marginal Americans -- Concealing punishment -- Stretching patriarchal political power -- Conclusion : liberty and power.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-325) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2005007278
ISBN	0814747833 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780814747834 (cloth : alk. paper)

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