Hard labor and hard time : Florida's "Sunshine Prison" and chain gangs /

Hard labor and hard time : Florida's "Sunshine Prison" and chain gangs /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Miller, Vivien M. L.
Imprint:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012.
Description:	xii, 393 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	New perspectives on the history of the South New perspectives on the history of the South.
Subject:	Prisons -- Florida -- History -- 20th century. Correctional institutions -- Florida -- History -- 20th century. Punishment -- Florida -- History -- 20th century. Correctional institutions. Prisons. Punishment. Florida. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8904572

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ISBN:	9780813039855 (alk. paper) 0813039851 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	An exploration of the conditions of prison labor in Florida from 1913 to 1956.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Building the "Best Prison in the South"
2. Good Roads, Bad Men, and the Ugliest of Conditions
3. Cruel and Usual Punishments
4. The Rise of the Sunshine Prison
5. Chapman and the Big House
6. Florida's Hard Road during the Depression and War Years
7. Continuity and Change at Raiford
8. Prison Health Care
9. Life in the Big House
10. Riot and Disorder at the Rock
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index