| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index. |
| Contents |
The prison as garden, 1796-1804 -- The furnace of affliction, 1805-1823 -- The furnace at Auburn, 1816-1827 -- The furnace at Sing Sing, 1828-1839 -- The furnace transformed, 1840-1847 -- The prison as hell, 1848-1860. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religious work with prisoners -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Religious work with prisoners. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Corrections -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Corrections. |
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Prisoners -- Religious life -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Prisoners -- Religious life. |
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Protestantism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Protestantism. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Graber, Jennifer, 1973- Furnace of affliction. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011 9780807834572 (DLC) 2010034641 (OCoLC)659305585 |
| ISBN |
9780807877838 (electronic book) |
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0807877832 (electronic book) |
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9781469603339 (electronic book) |
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1469603330 (electronic book) |
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9780807834572 |
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0807834572 |
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