With liberty for some : 500 years of imprisonment in America
Exposes the hidden record of the nation's prison heritage, illuminating the forces underlying the paradox of a country that sanctifies individual liberty while it continues to build and maintain a growing complex of totalitarian institutions
Print Book, English, 1998
Northeastern University Press, Boston, MA, 1998
History
xix, 394 pages ; 24 cm
9781555533649, 9781555534684, 1555533647, 1555534686
39013834
WITH LIBERTY FOR SOME
500 Years of Imprisonment in America
By Scott Christianson
Northeastern University Press
Copyright © 1998 Scott Christianson. All rights reserved.
ISBN: 1-55553-364-7
Contents
PREFACE.............................................................ixACKNOWLEDGMENTS...................................................xviiCHAPTER ONE The Rise of the Prisoner Trade..........................3CHAPTER TWO A Land of Prisoners and Keepers........................39CHAPTER THREE Prisoners of the Revolution..........................68CHAPTER FOUR Little Man in the Big House..........................110CHAPTER FIVE Scandal and Reform...................................163CHAPTER SIX The Golden Age of Political Prisoners.................204CHAPTER SEVEN Doing Time..........................................230CHAPTER EIGHT Full Circle.........................................275NOTES..............................................................314SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY..............................................373INDEX..............................................................379