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Eastern State Penitentiary: Crucible of Good Intentions
Eastern State Penitentiary Crucible of Good Intentions
Author: Norman Johnston, Kenneth Finkel, Jeffrey A. Cohen
The massive Eastern State Penitentiary in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia, now a National Historic Landmark, is remarkable for its innovative architecture and its pioneering system of isolation in individual cells. Heir to the energetic Quaker reformist tradition of the 1820s, the penitentiary was a model of idealism in penal reform and a ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780812279658
ISBN-10: 0812279654
Publication Date: 8/1994
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Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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