Hard labor and hard time : Florida's Sunshine Prison and chain gangs / Vivien M. L. Miller.

Author/creator Miller, Vivien M. L.
Format Book
Publication InfoGainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2012.
Descriptionxii, 393 pages ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesNew perspectives on the history of the South
New perspectives on the history of the South. ^A446838
Contents Building the "best prison in the south" -- Good roads, bad men, and the ugliest of conditions -- Cruel and usual punishments -- The rise of the sunshine prison -- Chapman and the big house -- Florida's hard road during the depression and war years -- Continuity and change at Raiford -- Prison health care -- Life in the big house -- Riot and disorder at the rock.
Subject An exploration of the conditions of prison labor in Florida from 1913 to 1956.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [369]-388) and index.
LCCN 2012009909
ISBN9780813039855 (alk. paper)
ISBN0813039851 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HV9475 .F6 M56 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold