Punishment, Prisons, and Patriarchy: Liberty and Power in the Early Republic

by Mark E. Kann

Punishment, Prisons, and Patriarchy tells the story of how first-generation Americans coupled their legacy of liberty with a penal philosophy that promoted patriarchy, especially for marginal Americans.
American patriots fought a revolution in the name of liberty. Their victory celebrations barely ended before leaders expressed fears that immigrants, African Americans, women, and the lower classes were prone to vice, disorder, and crime. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814747833
• ISBN13: 9780814747834
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 337 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"