America is the Prison

Author	: Lee Bernstein
Publisher	: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages	: 240
Release	: 2010
ISBN-10	: 9780807833872
ISBN-13	: 0807833878
Rating	: 4/5 (72 Downloads)

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Download or read book America is the Prison written by Lee Bernstein and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1970s, while politicians and activists outside prisons debated the proper response to crime, incarcerated people helped shape those debates though a broad range of remarkable political and literary writings. Lee Bernstein explores the forc

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