| Description |
1 online resource (209 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
The story of Kingston Penitentiary's rapid descent from puritanical purpose to merely punitive management. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kingston Penitentiary -- History.
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Kingston Penitentiary. |
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History. |
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Kingston Penitentiary. -- History. |
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Pénitencier de Kingston -- Histoire. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hennessy, Peter H. Canada's big house. Toronto ; Tonawanda, NY : Dundurn Press, ©1999 1550023306 9781550023305 (OCoLC)43275381 |
| ISBN |
9781554881178 (electronic book) |
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155488117X (electronic book) |
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9781459713079 (electronic book) |
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1459713079 (electronic book) |
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1550023306 (paperback) |
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9781550023305 |
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