Buried Lives Incarcerated in Early America |
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Editor:
| Tarter, Michele Lise Bell, Richard |
Contribution by:
| Cahif, Jacqueline Clavin, Matthew Janofsky, Jennifer Madera, Judith Meranze, Michael Newman, Simon O'Donovan, Susan Eva Patrick, Leslie Schorb, Jodi Sharples, Jason Smith, Billy Smith, Caleb Williams, Daniel E. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8203-4120-0 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2012 |
Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $43.00 |
Book Description:
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Buried Lives offers the first critical examination of the experience of imprisonment in early America. These interdisciplinary essays investigate several carceral institutions to show how confinement shaped identity, politics, and the social imaginary both in the colonies and in the new nation.
Buried Lives offers the first critical examination of the experience of imprisonment in early America. These interdisciplinary essays investigate several carceral institutions to show how confinement shaped identity, politics, and the social imaginary both in the colonies and in the new nation.