Liberty's Prisoners: Carceral Culture in Early America - Early American Studies - Jen Manion - Books - University of Pennsylvania Press - 9780812224375 - April 26, 2019
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Liberty's Prisoners: Carceral Culture in Early America - Early American Studies


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Liberty's Prisoners chronicles how the penitentiary, though initially designed as an alternative to corporal punishment for the most egregious of offenders, quickly became a holding tank for those who attempted to lay claim to the new nation's promise of liberty.


296 pages, 10 illus.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 26, 2019
ISBN13 9780812224375
Publishers University of Pennsylvania Press
Pages 296
Dimensions 154 × 229 × 19 mm   ·   466 g

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