Title Capital and convict : race, region, and punishment in post-Civil War America / Henry Kamerling

Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Series The American South series American South series. Contents Introduction -- Politics -- Politics and race in South Carolina's postwar penitentiary -- Politics and ethnicity in Illinois's postwar penitentiaries -- Politics and capitalism in the penitentiary -- The ideology of rehabilitation in the postwar penitentiary -- Assimilation versus exclusion in the ideology of late nineteenth-century punishment -- Punishment and violence in the penitentiary -- Resistance, assimilation, and convict culture in the penitentiary -- Conclusion Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 20, 2017) Subject Punishment -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century Punishment -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century African American prisoners -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century African American prisoners -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century Prison administration -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century Prison administration -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century African American prisoners Prison administration Punishment Race relations SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century United States -- History -- 1865-1898. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140283 Subject Illinois South Carolina United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780813940557 0813940559 9780813940564 0813940567

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