13%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Fourth City: Essays from the Prison in America
Larson
€ 36.99
€ 32.14
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Fourth City: Essays from the Prison in America
Paperback. Editor(s): Larson, Doran. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 182 x 23. Weight in Grams: 694.
At 2.26 million, incarcerated Americans not only outnumber the nation’s fourth-largest city, they make up a national constituency bound by a shared condition. Fourth City: Essays from the Prison in America presents more than seventy essays from twenty-seven states, written by incarcerated Americans chronicling their experience inside.
In essays as moving as they are eloquent, the authors speak out against a national prison complex that fails so badly at the task of rehabilitation that 60% of the 650,000 Americans released each year return to prison. These essays document the authors’ efforts at self-help, the institutional resistance such efforts ... Read more
At 2.26 million, incarcerated Americans not only outnumber the nation’s fourth-largest city, they make up a national constituency bound by a shared condition. Fourth City: Essays from the Prison in America presents more than seventy essays from twenty-seven states, written by incarcerated Americans chronicling their experience inside.
In essays as moving as they are eloquent, the authors speak out against a national prison complex that fails so badly at the task of rehabilitation that 60% of the 650,000 Americans released each year return to prison. These essays document the authors’ efforts at self-help, the institutional resistance such efforts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Michigan State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
East Lansing, MI, United States
ISBN
9781611861075
SKU
V9781611861075
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Larson
Doran Larson is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Hamilton College in New York, USA.
Reviews for Fourth City: Essays from the Prison in America