Texas tough : the rise of America's prison empire
Title:
Texas tough : the rise of America's prison empire
Author:
Perkinson, Robert.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Metropolitan Books, [2010]
©2010
Physical Description:
484 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:
In the prison business, all roads lead to Texas. This sweeping history of American imprisonment shows how a plantation-based penal system once dismissed as barbaric becomes the national template--and how that injustice can change.
Language:
English
Contents:
Prison heartland -- Plantation and penitentiary -- "Worse than slavery" -- The agonies of reform -- The penal colony that wasn't -- "Best in the nation" -- Appeal to justice -- Retributive revolution -- The triumph of Texas tough.
Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2009014670-b.htmlPublisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2009014670-d.html
Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2009014670-s.html
ISBN:
9780805080698
Format :
Book
