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Victorian prison lives : English prison biography, 1830-1914
- Title
- Victorian prison lives : English prison biography, 1830-1914 / Philip Priestley.
- Author
- Priestley, Philip.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Methuen, 1985.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | HV8657 .V43 1985 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 311 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- The first account of the process of imprisonment in England between 1830 and 1914 drawn largely from the writings of prisoners themselves.
- Subject
- 1800-1899
- Geschichte 1830-1914
- Prisoners > Great Britain > Biography
- Prisons > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Prisons in literature
- Prisoners
- Prisons > history
- Prisoners
- Prisons
- Gefängnis
- Gevangenissen
- Prisons > Great Britain > History
- Prisoners > Great Britain > History
- Great Britain
- England > History > 19th century
- England > Correctional institutions > Biography
- Großbritannien
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [296]-304.
- Contents
- Into prison -- The cell -- Prisoners -- The daily round -- Chapel -- Hard labour -- The dietary -- Sick... -- Discipline -- The scaffold -- Warders and governors -- Release -- Appendix I. Abstract of the regulations relating to the conduct of convicted criminal prisoners -- Appendix II. English penal history : a select calendar.
- ISBN
- 0416347703
- 9780416347708
- 0416347800
- 9780416347807
- LCCN
- 85011518
- OCLC
- ocm12106193
- 12106193
- SCSB-9555422
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library