Penology for profit : a history of the Texas prison system, 1867-1912 /

Penology for profit : a history of the Texas prison system, 1867-1912 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Walker, Donald R. (Donald Roy), 1941-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©1988.
Description:	1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Texas A & M southwestern studies ; no. 7 Texas A & M southwestern studies ; no. 7.
Subject:	Convict labor -- Texas -- History. Convict labor. Texas. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11106482

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ISBN:	0585174709 9780585174709 0890963150 9780890963159
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index. English. Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Walker, Donald R. (Donald Roy), 1941- Penology for profit. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©1988 0890963150

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter I.. Background to Leasing: The Early Years of the Texas Penitentiary
Chapter II.. Early Failures, 1867-1878
Chapter III.. The Successful Lease, 1878-1883
Chapter IV.. The State as Lessor, 1883-1912
Chapter V.. The Prisoner's Lot
Chapter VI.. The Powers That Were: Leadership of the Prison System
Chapter VII.. The End of Leasing
Chapter VIII.. The Texas Experience in Perspective
Afterword
Selected Bibliography
Index