02767nam 22005894a 450 991044970330332120200520144314.00-8147-4867-80-8147-4922-41-4294-1427-8(CKB)1000000000245309(EBL)865645(OCoLC)779828164(SSID)ssj0000230738(PQKBManifestationID)11198661(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230738(PQKBWorkID)10197474(PQKB)11393804(MiAaPQ)EBC865645(OCoLC)76898853(MdBmJHUP)muse10657(Au-PeEL)EBL865645(CaPaEBR)ebr10137148(EXLCZ)99100000000024530920050314d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPunishment, prisons, and patriarchy[electronic resource] liberty and power in the early American republic /Mark E. KannNew York New York University Pressc20051 online resource (347 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-4783-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-325) and index.Justifications for punishment -- Purposes of punishment -- Targets of punishment -- Benjamin Rush : patriarch of penal reform -- The case against traditional punishments -- Penitentiary punishment -- Prison discipline and prison patriarchs -- Disenchantment -- Warehousing marginal Americans -- Concealing punishment -- Stretching patriarchal political power -- Conclusion : liberty and power.Punishment, Prisons, and Patriarchy tells the story of how first-generation Americans coupled their legacy of liberty with a penal philosophy that promoted patriarchy, especially for marginal Americans. American patriots fought a revolution in the name of liberty. Their victory celebrations barely ended before leaders expressed fears that immigrants, African Americans, women, and the lower classes were prone to vice, disorder, and crime. This spurred a generation of penal reformers to promote successfully the most systematic institution ever devised for stripping people of liberty: the penitenPunishmentUnited StatesHistoryPrisonsUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.PunishmentHistory.PrisonsHistory.364.6/0973/09033Kann Mark E1035673MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910449703303321Punishment, prisons, and patriarchy2455485UNINA