Add this copy of Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire to cart. $12.00, very good condition, Sold by JDH Lawton OK rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from LAWTON, OK, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Metropolitan Books.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 484 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2009014670 Type of material Book Personal name Perkinson, Robert. Main title Texas tough: the rise of America's prison empire / Robert Perkinson. Edition 1st ed. Published/Created New York: Metropolitan Books, 2010. Description 484 p., [8] p. of plates: ill.; 25 cm. ISBN 9780805080698 (hc. ) 0805080694 (hc. ) LC classification HV9475. T4 P47 2010 Summary In the prison business, all roads lead to Texas. This sweeping history of American imprisonment shows how a plantation-based penal system once dismissed as barbaric becomes the national template--and how that injustice can change. Contents Prison heartland--Plantation and penitentiary--"Worse than slavery"--The agonies of reform--The penal colony that wasn't--"Best in the nation"--Appeal to justice--Retributive revolution--The triumph of Texas tough. LC Subjects Prisons--Texas--History. Prison administration--Texas--History. Prisoners--Texas--History. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-466) and index. Dewey class no. 365/.9764 Geographic area code n-us-tx Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn317928797
Add this copy of Texas Tough: the Rise of America's Prison Empire to cart. $13.67, very good condition, Sold by BayStateBooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Smithfield, RI, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Metropolitan Books.
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Add this copy of Texas Tough: the Rise of America's Prison Empire to cart. $25.95, very good condition, Sold by AJA Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Venice, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Metropolitan Books.
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Collectible-VeryGood. Size: 6x1x9; Stated First Edition, first printing with full number line in very good condition. The pages are clean and crisp with a little tanning and light foxing on the edges, but no bent corners. Boards are solid with a little chipping on the tail edge, and the spine is square and tight. The dust jacket has minor shelf wear with a small 1/4" tear on the bottom of the front flap. Attractive book with some signs of use an unclipped DJ, and no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
Add this copy of Texas Tough: the Rise of America's Prison Empire to cart. $31.95, very good condition, Sold by Mahler Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pflugerville, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Metropolitan Books.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0805080694. This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. Dustjacket does have some shelfwear, edgewear, small corner tear on the back. Inside pages are clean except for a small ink stain to page 404.; 496 pages.
Add this copy of Texas Tough; the Rise of America's Prison Empire to cart. $34.00, very good condition, Sold by Bolerium Books Inc. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt and Company.
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Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt and Company
Published:
2010
Language:
English
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18802296355
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484p., illustrated with b&w period and contemporary photographs, hardbound first edition in white boards titled black and decorated dust jacket. Faintest edgewear to dj, textpaper faintly toned (from aging, not mishandling), in almost as-new condition: entirely sound, clean and unmarked.
Add this copy of Texas Tough: the Rise of America's Prison Empire to cart. $46.95, like new condition, Sold by AJA Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Venice, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Metropolitan Books.
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Collectible-Like New. Stated First Edition, first printing with full number line in fine / like new condition. The pages of the text are clean and crisp with no bent corners. Boards are solid, and the spine is square and tight. The dust jacket is clean and undamaged. The book is in excellent condition inside and out with an unclipped DJ, and no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
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