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Author:
Eason, John Major, author.
Title:
Big house on the prairie : rise of the rural ghetto and prison proliferation / John M. Eason.
Publisher:
The University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
xii, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subject:
Forrest City Federal Correctional Facility.
Prisons--Location--United States.
Prisons--Social aspects--United States.
Forrest City (Ark.)--Social conditions.
United States--Rural conditions--20th century.
Sociology, Rural.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Bringing down the big house: the political economy of prison proliferation. Prison impact. Have you seen my backyard? Rural ecology, disrepute, and prison placement -- "It's like the city, only quieter": making the rural ghetto -- Finding beauty in the hideous: prison placement as reputation management -- How not in my backyard became please in my backyard: toward a model of prison placement -- Prison impact. The prison in my backyard: reconsidering impact -- The tarnished jewel of the Delta: continuity and change in caste, class, and disrepute -- Bringing down the big house: the political economy of prison proliferation.
ISBN:
022641034X
9780226410340
022641020X
9780226410203
OCLC:
(OCoLC)950611497
LCCN:
2016023253
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

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