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Author

Graber, Jennifer, 1973-

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

Imprint

Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xii, 234 p. : ill.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	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 century.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780807834572 (alk. paper)
	9780807877838 (electronic bk.)