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Author:

Perkinson, Robert.

Title:

Texas tough : the rise of America's prison empire / Robert Perkinson.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Metropolitan Books,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

484 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Prisons--Texas--History.
Prison administration--Texas--History.
Prisoners--Texas--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-466) and index.

Contents:

Prison heartland -- Plantation and penitentiary -- "Worse than slavery" -- The agonies of reform -- The penal colony that wasn't -- "Best in the nation" -- Appeal to justice -- Retributive revolution -- The triumph of Texas tough.

Summary:

In the prison business, all roads lead to Texas. This sweeping history of American imprisonment shows how a plantation-based penal system once dismissed as barbaric becomes the national template--and how that injustice can change.

ISBN:

0805080694 (hc.)
9780805080698 (hc.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317928797

LCCN:

2009014670

Locations:

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

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)