Doing Time in the Depression Everyday Life in Texas and California Prisons
As banks crashed, belts tightened, and cupboards emptied across the country, American prisons grew fat. Doing Time in the Depression tells the story of the 1930s as seen from the cell blocks and cotton fields of Texas and California prisons, state institutions that held growing numbers of working pe...
Format: | eBook |
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Language: | English |
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New York
New York University Press
2012
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Series: | American History and Culture
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Online Access: | Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication Open Access: DOAB, download the publication |