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001			317928797
003			OCoLC
005			20190729104357.0
008			090413s2010 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
010			_a2009014670
020			_a9780805080698 (hc.)
020			_a0805080694 (hc.)
020			_a9780312680473 (pbk.)
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050	0	0	_aHV9475.T4 _bP47 2010
082	0	0	_a365/.9764 _222
100	1		_aPerkinson, Robert.
245	1	0	_aTexas tough : _bthe rise of America's prison empire / _cRobert Perkinson.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bMetropolitan Books, _c2010.
300			_a484 p., [8] p. of plates : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [375]-466) and index.
505	0		_aPrison heartland -- Plantation and penitentiary -- "Worse than slavery" -- The agonies of reform -- The penal colony that wasn't -- "Best in the nation" -- Appeal to justice -- Retributive revolution -- The triumph of Texas tough.
520			_aIn the prison business, all roads lead to Texas. This sweeping history of American imprisonment shows how a plantation-based penal system once dismissed as barbaric becomes the national template--and how that injustice can change.
650		0	_aPrisons _zTexas _xHistory.
650		0	_aPrison administration _zTexas _xHistory.
650		0	_aPrisoners _zTexas _xHistory.
948			_au330039
949			_aHV9475 .T4 P47 2010 _wLC _c1 _hEY8Z _i33039001166767
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