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Autore |
Stokes Anthony |
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Titolo |
Pit of shame : the real ballad of Reading Gaol / / Anthony Stokes ; with a foreword by Theodore Dalrymple |
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Winchester [England], : Waterside Press, c2007 |
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9786611124731 |
9781281124739 |
1281124737 |
9781906534455 |
1906534454 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Prisons - England - Reading - History |
Prison administration - England - Reading - History |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-188) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Acknowledgements -- A Note from Reading's Governing Governor -- About the author -- CONTENTS -- List of illustrations -- Foreword Theodore Dalrymple -- Preface -- Timeline -- 1 The Old Reading Gaols -- 2 The New Prison -- 3 Punishments of Former Times -- 4 Executions -- 5 Prisoner C.3.3 Oscar Wilde -- 6 The Ballad of Reading Gaol -- 7 The Easter Rising and Internment -- 8 Invisible Prisoners -- 9 A Pioneering Borstal Correctional Centre -- 10 Starting Again with a Clean Sheet -- 11 Life as a Local Prison -- 12 HM Remand Centre and Young Offender Institution -- 13 'Reading Gaol' Today and in the Future -- Appendix 1: Arrested Development by Theodore Dalrymple -- Appendix 2: Rules for Prisoners (c.1850) -- Appendix 3: Prison Dietary Scales (c.1850) -- Appendix 4: List of Executions -- Prilllary Sources, Internet Sites and Select Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover. |
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