Doing time in the depression: everyday life in Texas and California prisons

Of bodies and borders : the demography of incarceration -- Work in the walled city : labor and discipline in California's prisons -- From can see to can't : agricultural labor and industrial reform on Texas penal plantations -- Shifting markets of power : building tenders, con bosses, quee...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blue, Ethan (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY [u.a.] New York Univ. Press 2012
In:Year: 2012
Online Access: Table of Contents (Publisher)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 5651
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Keywords:
Prisoners > California > History
Prisons > California > Social conditions
Prison administration > California > History
Prisoners > Texas > History
Prisons > Texas > Social conditions
Prison administration > Texas > History
Prisoners > California > Social conditions
Prisoners > Texas > Social conditions
Texas > Strafvollzug > Alltag > Geschichte 1929-1941
Kalifornien > Strafvollzug > Alltag > Geschichte 1929-1941
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Summary:Of bodies and borders : the demography of incarceration -- Work in the walled city : labor and discipline in California's prisons -- From can see to can't : agricultural labor and industrial reform on Texas penal plantations -- Shifting markets of power : building tenders, con bosses, queens, and guards -- Thirty minutes behind the walls : prison radio and the popular culture of punishment -- Sport and celebration in the popular culture of punishment -- A dark cloud would go over : death and dying -- Going home
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:IX, 325 S., Ill., 23 cm
ISBN:0814709400
9780814709405