The Prison of Democracy : Race, Leavenworth, and the Culture of Law

The Prison of Democracy Race, Leavenworth, and the Culture of Law

At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Built in the 1890s at the center of the nation, Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary was designed specif...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Benson, Sara M., author (author)
Formato: Electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland University of California Press 2019
Berkeley, CA : [2019]
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas > History.
History
Crime & criminology
Political science & theory
1890s.
america.
bleeding kansas.
democracy.
design of punishment.
federal penitentiary.
freedom.
history.
indian territory.
law.
leavenworth.
mass incarceration.
monuments to democracy.
nation building system.
peculiar architecture.
political significance.
post war racial history.
prison.
race.
slavery.
state inflicted violence.
us capitol building.
us history.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction: The Idea of Leavenworth and the Prison of Democracy
  • 1. The Architecture of Liberalism and the Origins of Carceral Democracy
  • 2. Territorial Politics: Mass Incarceration and the Punitive Legacies of the Indian Territory
  • 3. Federal Punishment and the Legal Time of Bleeding Kansas
  • 4. Federal Punishment and the Legal Time of Bleeding Kansas
  • 5. Leavenworth's Political Prisoners: Race, Resistance, and the Prison's Archive
  • Postscript: "Walls Turned Sideways Are Bridges": Abolition Dreams and the Prison's Aftermath
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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