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Penology for profit : a history of the Texas prison system, 1867-1912 / by Donald R. Walker.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Texas A & M southwestern studies ; no. 7.Publication details: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, �1988.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585174709
  • 9780585174709
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Penology for profit.DDC classification:
  • 365/.65/09764 19
LOC classification:
  • HV8929.T42 W34 1988eb
Other classification:
  • 86.44
  • 88.15
Online resources:
Contents:
Background to Leasing: The Early Years of the Texas Penitentiary -- Early Failures, 1867-1878 -- The Successful Lease, 1878-1883 -- The State as Lessor, 1883-1912 -- The Prisoner's Lot -- The Powers That Were: Leadership of the Prison System -- The End of Leasing -- The Texas Experience in Perspective.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index.

Background to Leasing: The Early Years of the Texas Penitentiary -- Early Failures, 1867-1878 -- The Successful Lease, 1878-1883 -- The State as Lessor, 1883-1912 -- The Prisoner's Lot -- The Powers That Were: Leadership of the Prison System -- The End of Leasing -- The Texas Experience in Perspective.

Print version record.

English.

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