Bright, Charles, 1943-

The powers that punish prison and politics in the era of the "Big house," 1920-1955 / [electronic resource] : Charles Bright. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1996. - 326 p. : ill. - Law, meaning, and violence . - Law, meaning, and violence. .

Includes index.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Michigan State Prison--History.


Corrections--Political aspects--History.--Michigan
Prisons--History.--Michigan--Jackson


Michigan--Politics and government.


Electronic books.

HV9475.M52 / M533 1996

365/.9774