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Eastern State Penitentiary: Crucible of Good Intentions
Eastern State Penitentiary Crucible of Good Intentions
Author: Norman Bruce Johnston, Kenneth Finkel, Jeffrey A. Cohen, Norman Johnson
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: 9780876330913
ISBN-10: 087633091X
Publication Date: 12/1/1994
Pages: 116
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Publisher: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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