02846nam 22006254a 450 991081856440332120240516124704.00-8147-4867-80-8147-4922-41-4294-1427-810.18574/nyu/9780814749227(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(DE-B1597)548662(DE-B1597)9780814749227(EXLCZ)99100000000024530920050314d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPunishment, prisons, and patriarchy liberty and power in the early American republic /Mark E. Kann1st ed.New 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 StatesHistoryPunishmentHistory.PrisonsHistory.364.6/0973/09033Kann Mark E1035673MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818564403321Punishment, prisons, and patriarchy4018312UNINA