| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 393 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
New perspectives on the history of the South |
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New perspectives on the history of the South.
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| Contents |
Building the "best prison in the south" -- Good roads, bad men, and the ugliest of conditions -- Cruel and usual punishments -- The rise of the sunshine prison -- Chapman and the big house -- Florida's hard road during the depression and war years -- Continuity and change at Raiford -- Prison health care -- Life in the big house -- Riot and disorder at the rock |
| Summary |
An exploration of the conditions of prison labor in Florida from 1913 to 1956 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-388) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Prisons -- Florida -- History -- 20th century
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Correctional institutions -- Florida -- History -- 20th century
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Punishment -- Florida -- History -- 20th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Correctional institutions
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Prisons
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Punishment
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Florida
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813043524 |
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0813043522 |
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