Title Southern mercy : empire and American civilization in juvenile reform, 1890-1944 / Annette Louise Bickford

Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Swamp Island; 2 The Samarcand Arson Case; 3 The Energy of Despair1; 4 The Merciful Executioner; 5 The Prodigal Son; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary "From the late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century juvenile reformatories served as citizen-building institutions and a political tool of state racism in post-emancipation America. New South advocates cemented their regional affiliation by using these reformatories to showcase mercies which were racialized, gendered, and linked to sexuality. Southern Mercy uses four historical examples of juvenile reformatories in North Carolina to explore how spectacles of mercy have influenced Southern modernity. Working through archival material pertaining to race and moral uplift, including rare photos from the private archives of Samarcand Manor (the State Home and Industrial Manor for Girls) and restricted archival records of reformatory racial policies, Annette Bickford examines the limits of emancipation, and the exclusions inherent in liberal humanism that distinguish racism in the contemporary "post-race" era."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 29, 2016) Subject Reformatories -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies Reformatories -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies Racism -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies Racism -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Hispanic American Studies. Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation Race relations Racism Reformatories SUBJECT North Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies North Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies Subject North Carolina Genre/Form Case studies History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442663527 1442663529

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