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Author:

Trulson, Chad R.

Title:

First available cell : desegregation of the Texas prison system / Chad R. Trulson and James W. Marquart ; foreword by Ben M. Crouch.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xxiii, 277 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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

Other Authors:

Marquart, James W. (James Walter), 1954-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-267) and index.

Contents:

Broken barriers -- An institutional fault line -- 18,000 days -- The color line persists -- Cracks in the color line -- Full assault on the color line -- The color line breaks -- 7,000 days later -- Life in the first available cell -- The most unlikely place.

ISBN:

0292719833 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780292719835 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)294998573

LCCN:

2008053783

Locations:

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

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)