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Penology for profit : a history of the Texas prison system, 1867-1912 / by Donald R. Walker. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walker, Donald R. (Donald Roy), 1941-
- Series:
- Texas A & M southwestern studies ; no. 7
- Texas A & M southwestern studies Penology for profit
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Convict labor--Texas--History.
- Convict labor.
- Convict labor--History--Texas.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 p. ) ill. ;
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A & M University Press, c1988.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Background to Leasing: The Early Years of the Texas Penitentiary
- Early Failures, 1867-1878
- The Successful Lease, 1878-1883
- The State as Lessor, 1883-1912
- The Prisoner's Lot
- The Powers That Were: Leadership of the Prison System
- The End of Leasing
- The Texas Experience in Perspective.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. [201]-209.
- ISBN:
- 0-585-17470-9
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