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Author Bennett, Barbara

Title Smoke Signals from Samarcand : Class, Gender, and Eugenics in the Early Twentieth Century South
Published Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (136 pages)
Contents Cover; SMOKE SIGNALS FROM SAMARCAND; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Fire; Part One THE SAMARCAND SIXTEEN; One; Two; Three; Four; Part Two THE TRIAL; Five; Six; Epilogue: Repercussions; Works Cited; Index; About the Author
Summary A case study and dramatic retelling of the young girls' trial for arson at the reform school
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Subject Female juvenile delinquents-North Carolina-History-20th century
Lewis, Nell Battle, -1893-1956
Poor girls-North Carolina-Social conditions-20th century
Reformatories for women-North Carolina-History-20th century
State Home and Industrial School for Girls (Samarcand, N.C.)-History
Trials (Arson)-North Carolina-History-20th century
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781611178616
1611178614