The furnace of affliction :: prisons & religion in antebellum America /

Focused on the intersection of Christianity and politics in the American penitentiary system, Jennifer Graber explores evangelical Protestants' efforts to make religion central to emerging practices and philosophies of prison discipline from the 1790s to the 1850s.

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1. Verfasser: Graber, Jennifer, 1973-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011.
Schriftenreihe:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Zusammenfassung:Focused on the intersection of Christianity and politics in the American penitentiary system, Jennifer Graber explores evangelical Protestants' efforts to make religion central to emerging practices and philosophies of prison discipline from the 1790s to the 1850s.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index.
ISBN:9780807877838
0807877832
9781469603339
1469603330

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