The furnace of affliction [electronic resource] : prisons and religion in antebellum America / Jennifer Graber.

By: Graber, Jennifer, 1973-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, c2011Description: xii, 234 p. : illISBN: 9780807877838 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Religious work with prisoners -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Corrections -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Prisoners -- Religious life -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Protestantism -- United States -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 365/.665097309034 LOC classification: HV8865 | .G73 2011Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
The prison as garden, 1796-1804 -- The furnace of affliction, 1805-1823 -- The furnace at Auburn, 1816-1827 -- The furnace at Sing Sing, 1828-1839 -- The furnace transformed, 1840-1847 -- The prison as hell, 1848-1860.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The prison as garden, 1796-1804 -- The furnace of affliction, 1805-1823 -- The furnace at Auburn, 1816-1827 -- The furnace at Sing Sing, 1828-1839 -- The furnace transformed, 1840-1847 -- The prison as hell, 1848-1860.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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