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Author:

Graber, Jennifer, 1973-

Title:

The furnace of affliction : prisons & religion in antebellum America / Jennifer Graber.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

[xiii], 234 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Religious work with prisoners--United States--History--19th century.
Corrections--United States--History--19th century.
Prisoners--History--United States--History--19th century.
Protestantism--United States--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-222) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- The prison as garden, 1796-1804 -- The furnace of affliction, 1805-1823 -- The furnace at Auburn, 1816-1827 -- The furnace at Sing Sing, 1828-1839 -- The furnace transformed, 1840-1847 -- The prison as hell, 1848-1860 -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

0807877832 (e-book)
9780807877838 (e-book)
0807834572 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780807834572 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)659305585

LCCN:

2010034641

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)