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Texas tough, the rise of America's prison empire, Robert Perkinson

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Texas tough, the rise of America's prison empire, Robert Perkinson
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-466) and index
Illustrations
platesillustrationsportraitsphotographs
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Texas tough
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Robert Perkinson
Sub title
the rise of America's prison empire
Table Of 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
Target audience
adult
resource.variantTitle
Rise of America's prison empire
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