Doing time in the Depression everyday life in Texas and California prisons - Blue, Ethan; ProQuest (Firm) (New York : New York University Press, 2012)
Of bodies and borders : the demography of incarceration -- Work in the walled city : labor and discipline in California's prisons -- From can see to can't : agricultural labor and industrial reform on Texas penal plantations -- Shifting markets of power : building tenders, con bosses, queens, and guards -- Thirty minutes behind the walls : prison radio and the popular culture of punishment -- Sport and celebration in the popular culture of punishment -- A dark cloud would go over : death and dying -- Going home.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Keywords: Prisoners -- California -- History; Prisons -- California -- Social conditions; Prison administration -- California -- History; Prisoners -- Texas -- History; Prisons -- Texas -- Social conditions; Prison administration -- Texas -- History; Electronic books