Publication

2007-01-08 - University of California Press

Language

English

Word Count

103,000 words, Guess

Page Count

412 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100520222563
  • ISBN-139780520222564
  • LibraryThing2972203
  • Goodreads7052355
  • Library of Congress Control Number2006011674
and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCHV9475.C2 G73 2007

Description

Since 1980, the number of people in U.S. prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with what a state analyst called "the biggest prison building project in the history of the world." Golden Gulag provides the first detailed explanation for that buildup by looking at how political and economic forces, ranging from global to local, conjoined to produce the prison boom.

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Other Editions

  • Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California (American Crossroads)HardcoverUniversity of California Press2007-01-08

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