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City of Inmates

Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771-1965

City of Inmates( )
Author: Hernández, Kelly Lytle
Series title:Justice, Power, and Politics Ser.
ISBN:978-1-4696-3118-9
Publication Date:Mar 2017
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $76.99
Book Description:

Los Angeles incarcerates more people than any other city in the United States, which imprisons more people than any other nation on Earth. This book explains how the City of Angels became the capital city of the world's leading incarcerator. Marshaling more than two centuries of evidence, historian Kelly Lytle Hernandez unmasks how histories of native elimination, immigrant exclusion, and black disappearance drove the rise of incarceration in Los Angeles. In this telling, which spans...
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Book Details
Pages:312
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Penology
Social Science / Discrimination
Law / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.545 x 23.495 x 2.54 cm
Book Weight:0.114 Kilograms



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