New Books in History

New Books in History


Jen Manion, “Liberty’s Prisoners: Carceral Culture in Early America” (U. Pennsylvania Press, 2016)

December 19, 2016

Jen Manion is an associate professor of history at Amherst College. Her book Libertyâs Prisoners: Carceral Culture in Early America (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016) offers a detailed examination of how the reform regimen of incarceration developed as the newâ¦