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1	One hundred favorite folktales. more books like this by Stith Thompson (Compiled by) see all copies from £5.65! new only from £10.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Twice the Work of Free Labor: The Political Economy of Convict Labor in the New South more books like this by Alex Lichtenstein For the first time in a generation shain gangs have reappeared on the raods of the American South. Associated in the past with racial terrorism, this cruel and unusual punishment should invoke strong memories. But, in the rush to embrace ever-harsher sanctions, the American public has ignored the troubling history of Southern punishment. Twice the ... see all copies from £5.22! new only from £12.71!
3	I am a fugitive from a Georgia chain gang! more books like this by Robert Elliott Burns The thrilling true story of one man's flight from ... see all copies from £11.29! new only from £12.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	One Dies, Get Another: Convict Leasing in the American South, 1866-1928 more books like this by Matthew J Mancini A cruel chapter in Southern criminal justice. see all copies from £43.07!
5	Penology for Profit: A History of the Texas Prison System, 1867-1912 more books like this by Donald R Walker see all copies from £5.65! new only from £15.50! \| first editions
6	Convicts, Coal, and the Banner Mine Tragedy more books like this by Robert David Ward see all copies from £7.27! new only from £13.38! \| first editions
7	New South Rebellion: The Battle Against Convict Labor in the Tennessee Coalfields, 1871-1896 more books like this by Karin A Shapiro In 1891, thousands of Tennessee miners rose up against the use of convict labor by the state's coal companies, eventually engulfing five mountain communities in a rebellion against government authority. Propelled by the insurgent sensibilities of Populism and Gilded Age unionism, the miners initially sought to abolish the convict lease system ... see all copies from £6.44! new only from £8.95! \| first editions
8	Black Prisoners& ...(Ppb) more books like this by Mary Ellen Curtin In the late nineteenth century, prisoners in Alabama, the vast majority of them African Americans, were forced to work as coal miners under the most horrendous conditions imaginable. Black Prisoners and Their World draws on a variety of sources, including the reports and correspondence of prison inspectors and letters from prisoners and their ... see all copies from £12.01! new only from £20.48! \| first editions
9	Prisons more books like this by Bryan J Grapes The prison population in the United States has grown dramatically. With this growth comes controversy over the condition and effectiveness of prisons. Tentative chapters in this anthology include: Do Prisons Work? How Should Prisoners Be Treated? Is The Use of Inmate Labor Acceptable? What are the Alternatives to Prison? see all copies from £5.65! new only from £16.46! \| first editions
10	Forced Labor in Soviet Russia, more books like this by David J Dallin see all copies from £7.69! first editions
11	The Crisis of Imprisonment: Protest, Politics, and the Making of the American Penal State, 1776???1941 more books like this by Rebecca M McLennan America's prison-based system of punishment has not always enjoyed the widespread political and moral legitimacy it has today. In this groundbreaking reinterpretation of penal history, Rebecca McLennan covers the periods of deep instability, popular protest, and political crisis that characterized early American prisons. She details the debates ... see all copies from £18.24! new only from £19.48!
12	The Convict more books like this by Felix Milani see all copies from £2.11!
13	I am a fugitive. more books like this by Robert Elliott Burns see all copies from £18.33! new only from £36.32! \| first editions
14	Worker and Community: Response to Industrialization in a Nineteenth-Century American City, Albany, New York, 1850-1884 more books like this by Brian Greenberg see all copies from £9.18! new only from £32.45! \| first editions
15	Black Prisoners and Their World, Alabama, 1865-1900 more books like this by Mary Ellen Curtin In the late nineteenth century, prisoners in Alabama, the vast majority of them African Americans, were forced to work as coal miners under the most horrendous conditions imaginable. Black Prisoners and Their World draws on a variety of sources, including the reports and correspondence of prison inspectors and letters from prisoners and their ... see all copies from £28.25! new only from £60.93!
16	The North Carolina Chain Gang: A Study of County Convict Road Work, more books like this by Jesse Frederick Steiner see all copies from £13.07! first editions
17 view cover	Convict Maids: The Forced Migration of Women to Australia more books like this by Deborah Oxley Convict Maids destroys the myth that the female convicts transported from Britain and Ireland to New South Wales between 1826 and 1840 were mainly prostitutes, professional criminals and the 'sweepings of the gaols'. Deborah Oxley argues that in fact these women helped put the colony on its feet. Oxley shows that the women were generally first ... see all copies from £17.87! new only from £21.65!
18	Prisoner of the Ogpu more books like this by George Kitchin see all copies from £16.95! signed copies \| first editions
19	Settlers and convicts, or, Recollections of sixteen years' labour in the Australian backwoods more books like this by Alexander Harris see all copies from £10.56! new only from £16.91! \| first editions
20 view cover	Prison Labor in the United States: An Economic Analysis more books like this by Asatar P Bair This book features contents which include: List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments. The Introduction: Prisons and American Society contains chapters which include: Slavery; Conditions of Existence of Slavery in U.S. Prisons; State Welfare and the Production of the Prison Household Chapter; The Production of Commodities in Prison; The ... see all copies from £60.62! new only from £60.62!
21	Penal Servitude in Early Modern Spain more books like this by Ruth Pike see all copies from £6.25! new only from £15.57! \| first editions
22	Escape from the Future: The Incredible Adventures of a Young Russian more books like this by Vladimir Petrov see all copies from £11.84! first editions
23 view cover	Prison Labour: International Perspectives more books like this by Dirk Van Zyl Smit (Editor), Frieder Dunkel (Editor) The aim of this volume is to consider law and practice of prison labour in a comparative and international context. The papers are taken from a seminar held at the Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law on the 9th and 10th of May 1996. Six main areas were discussed. Firstly, questions were asked about imprisonment and involuntary ... see all copies from £77.50! new only from £77.50!
24	Stalin's Slave Camps: An Indictment of Modern Slavery more books like this by Charles Andrew Orr see all copies from £15.07! first editions
25 view cover	Prisoners' Work and Vocational Training more books like this by Frances H Simon Most prisoners in the UK are required to work. This text aims to present information on this area in the rehabilitative work of prisons. It examines: the nature of training received by prisoners; the actual work they undertake; how this relates to the world or work outside; and the role it plays in helping to secure employment on release. The ... see all copies from £30.61! new only from £30.61!

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