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Liberty's Prisoners: Carceral Culture in Early America (Early American Studies) by Manion, Jen is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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__Liberty's Prisoners__ chronicles how the penitentiary, though initially designed as an alternative to corporal punishment for the most egregious of offenders, quickly became a holding tank for those who attempted to lay claim to the new nation's promise of liberty. __Liberty's Prisoners__ chronicles how the penitentiary, though initially designed as an alternative to corporal punishment for the most egregious of offenders, quickly became a holding tank for those who attempted to lay claim to the new nation's promise of liberty.
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- Author
- Manion, Jen
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780812292428
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Science, Social Science
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