Kann, Mark E.
Punishment, prisons, and patriarchy liberty and power in the early American republic / [electronic resource] : Mark E. Kann. - New York : New York University Press, c2005. - ix, 337 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-325) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2006.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Punishment--History.--United States
Prisons--History.--United States
Electronic books.
HV9466 / .K36 2005eb
364.6/0973/09033
Punishment, prisons, and patriarchy liberty and power in the early American republic / [electronic resource] : Mark E. Kann. - New York : New York University Press, c2005. - ix, 337 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-325) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2006.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Punishment--History.--United States
Prisons--History.--United States
Electronic books.
HV9466 / .K36 2005eb
364.6/0973/09033