Canada's big house: the dark history of the Kingston Penitentiary
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1. Verfasser: Hennessy, Peter H. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Toronto [Ont.] Dundurn Press 1999
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Built of Limestone and Rules -- the original plan and the first rules of operation; Chapter 2: Running Amok and the Aftermath -- early excesses leading to the first of many public inquiries; Chapter 3: Stability and, Yes, a Touch of Humanity -- a review of the Aeneas MacDonell years, 1849-1869; Chapter 4: After Sixty Years -- the takeover of the jail by the Dominion of Canada and some effects; Chapter 5: A Kinder, Gentler Jail -- For a While -- the regime of John Creighton and his successors to the dawn of the twentieth century
The story of Kingston Penitentiary's rapid descent from puritanical purpose to merely punitive management
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (209 pages)
ISBN:1459713079
155488117X
9781459713079
9781550023305
9781554881178

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