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Graber, Jennifer, 1973-

The furnace of affliction prisons & religion in antebellum America / [electronic resource] : Jennifer Graber. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) 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.

Focused on the intersection of Christianity and politics in the American penitentiary system, Jennifer Graber explores evangelical Protestants' efforts to make religion central to emerging practices and philosophies of prison discipline from the 1790s to the 1850s.

ISBN: 9780807877838 0807877832 9781469603339 1469603330

Source: 22573/ctt60z4c JSTOR

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1800 - 1899

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Religious work with prisoners--History--United States--19th century.
Corrections--History--United States--19th century.
Prisoners--Religious life--History--United States--19th century.
Protestantism--History--United States--19th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Penology.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.
Corrections.
Prisoners--Religious life.
Protestantism.
Religious work with prisoners.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV8865 / .G73 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 365/.665097309034