Southern Mercy : Empire and American Civilization in Juvenile Reform, 1890-1944 /

Southern Mercy : Empire and American Civilization in Juvenile Reform, 1890-1944 / Annette Louise Bickford.

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From the late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century juvenile reformatories served as citizen-building institutions and a political tool of state racism in post-emancipation America. New South advocates cemented their regional affiliation by using these reformatories to showcase mercies which were raci...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Bickford, Annette Louise (Author)
Corporate Author: University of Toronto. Press
Other title:De Gruyter University Press Pilot.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Subjects:
1800-1999
Juvenile delinquents > Rehabilitation > North Carolina > History > 19th century.
Juvenile delinquents > Rehabilitation > North Carolina > History > 20th century.
Reformatories > North Carolina > History > 19th century > Case studies.
Reformatories > North Carolina > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Juvenile delinquents > Rehabilitation.
Reformatories.
North Carolina.
Case studies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • SOUTHERN MERCY. Empire and American Civilization in Juvenile Reform, 1890-1944
  • Introduction
  • 1. Swamp Island
  • 2. The Samarcand Arson Case
  • 3. The Energy of Despair
  • 4. The Merciful Executioner
  • 5. The Prodigal Son
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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