Pit of shame : the real ballad of Reading Gaol / / Anthony Stokes ; with a foreword by Theodore Dalrymple

• Autore: Stokes Anthony
• Pubblicazione: Winchester [England], : Waterside Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 365/.942293
• Soggetto topico: Prisons - England - Reading - History; Prison administration - England - Reading - History
• Altri autori: DalrympleTheodore
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-188) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Pit of shame
• ISBN: 9786611124731; 9781281124739; 1281124737; 9781906534455; 1906534454
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957193803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II