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1 online resource. |
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New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology
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New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
During World War I, the United States Navy conducted at the Portsmouth, NH Naval Prison what many penal scholars consider the most ambitious experiment in the history of progressive prison reform. Cell doors remained opened, prisoners governed themselves and thousands of rehabilitated prisoners were returned to the fleet. This humanitarian experiment at Portsmouth prison stood in stark contrast to the inhumane flogging of prisoners that had dominated naval discipline until 1850. The Navy's journey between these two extremes in naval discipline included the development of a much needed naval pr. |
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Table of Contents; List of Illustrations ; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction ; 1. National Prison Reform (1790-1917); 2. The End of Flogging (1850-62); 3. Shipboard Punishments Post Flogging (1862-88) ; 4. Origins of the Naval Prison System (1870-88) ; 5. Makeshift Naval Prisons (1888-1908) ; 6. The Navy Finally Gets a Real Prison (1908-14) ; 7. The Naval Prison System Matures (1914-17) ; 8. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels (1912-20) ; 9. Osborne prior to Portsmouth (1859-1917) ; 10. Reform Comes to Portsmouth ; 11. Reform Struggles at Portsmouth. |
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12. What's Going on at Portsmouth Prison? 13. Investigation into Conditions at Portsmouth Prison ; 14. Osborne's Results at Portsmouth ; 15. Portsmouth Post Osborne ; 16. Osborne Post Portsmouth ; 17. Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index ; About the Author. |
| Local Note |
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Portsmouth Naval Prison (Prison : Kittery, Me.) -- History.
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Portsmouth Naval Prison (Prison : Kittery, Me.) |
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History. |
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United States. Navy -- Prisons -- History.
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United States. Navy. |
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Prisons. |
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Naval discipline -- United States -- History.
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Naval discipline. |
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United States. |
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Prison discipline -- United States -- History.
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Prison discipline. |
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Prisons -- Maine -- Kittery -- History.
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Maine -- Kittery. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Naval discipline from flogging to Progressive-Era reform at Portsmouth Prison |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Watterson, Rodney K. Whips to walls. Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2014] 9781612514451 (DLC) 2013042408 |
| ISBN |
9781612514468 (electronic book) |
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1612514464 (electronic book) |
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1612514464 |
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9781612514451 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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