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Crime and the nation : prison reform and popular fiction in Philadelphia, 1786-1800
- Title
- Crime and the nation : prison reform and popular fiction in Philadelphia, 1786-1800 / Peter Okun.
- Author
- Okun, Peter, 1951-
- Publication
- New York : Routledge, 2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PS375 .O38 2002 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxi, 167 pages; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Studies in American popular history and culture
- Uniform Title
- American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm))
- Subjects
- American fiction > 18th century > History and criticism
- Popular literature > United States > History and criticism
- Prisons > United States > History > 18th century
- Philadelphia (Pa.) > In literature
- Crime > United States > History > 18th century
- Literature and society > United States > History > 18th century
- Prisons in literature
- Crime in literature
- Prisoners in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-161) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The Philadelphia Story -- 1. The Science of Crime and the Crime of Science -- 2. Nationalism and the Aesthetics of Murder -- 3. Sexual Crimes: Justice and Gender in the 1790s -- 4. Prison and The Law: The Philadelphia Reforms -- 5. Prison and The Law: The Philadelphia Fictions -- 6. Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 0415933862
- LCCN
- 2002020838
- OCLC
- ocm49225544
- SCSB-4298294
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries