With liberty for some
500 years of imprisonment in America
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Author
Publication
1998 - Northeastern University Press, Boston, MA, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
98,500 words, Guess
Page Count
394 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL363304M
- ISBN-101555533647
- OCLC Control Number39013834
- OCLC Control Numberwithlibertyforso00chri
- Library of Congress Control Number98023541
and 2 more
- LibraryThing557442
- Goodreads3138918
Classifications
- DDC365/.973
- LCCHV9466 .C47 1998
Description
From Columbus's voyages to the New World through today's prison expansion movements, captivity has played an important, yet disconcerting, role in American history. In this sweeping examination of imprisonment in the United States over five centuries, Scott Christianson exposes the hidden record of the nation's prison heritage, illuminating the forces underlying the paradox of a country that sanctifies individual liberty while it continues to build and maintain a growing complex of totalitarian institutions.
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