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Autore |
Gilmore Ruth Wilson <1950-> |
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Titolo |
Golden gulag : prisons, surplus, crisis, and opposition in globalizing California |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 |
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Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2007] |
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©2007 |
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0-520-22256-3 |
0-520-93803-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (413 p.) |
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Collana |
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American Crossroads ; ; v.21 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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California -- Economic conditions |
Criminal justice, Administration of -- California |
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- California |
Imprisonment -- California |
Minorities -- California |
Prisons -- California |
Prisons -- Economic aspects -- California |
Prisons - Economic aspects - California |
Prisons - California |
Imprisonment - California |
Criminal justice, Administration of - California |
Discrimination in criminal justice administration - California |
Minorities - California |
Social Welfare & Social Work |
Social Sciences |
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency |
California Economic conditions |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Prologue: The Bus; 1. |
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Introduction; 2. The California Political Economy; 3. The Prison Fix; 4. Crime, Croplands, and Capitalism; 5. Mothers Reclaiming Our Children; 6. What Is to Be Done?; Epilogue: Another Bus; Notes; Bibliography and References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Since 1980, the number of people in U.S. prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with what a state analyst called "the biggest prison building project in the history of the world." Golden Gulag provides the first detailed explanation for that buildup by looking at how political and economic forces, ranging from global to local, conjoined to produce the prison boom. In an informed and impassioned account, Ruth Wilson Gilmore examines this issue through statewide, rural, and urban perspe |
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