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Hard Time Reforming the Penitentiary in Nineteenth-Century Canada

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Tracing the rise and evolution of Canadian penitentiaries in the nineteenth century, Hard Time examines the concepts of criminality and rehabilitation, the role of labour in penal regimes, and the problem of violence. Linking the lives of prisoners to the political economy and to movements for social change, McCoy depicts a history of oppression in which prisoners paid dearly for the reciprocal failures of the institution and of the reform vision. Revealing a deeply problematic institu- tion entrenched in the landscape of Western society, McCoy redraws the boundaries within which we understand the penitentiary’s influence.

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: ., 2012

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English

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978-1-926836-96-6

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text

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computer

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online resource

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Canadian History, Canadian Studies, History, Law

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Ted McCoy

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Arin

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