An edition of Alcatraz (2009)

Alcatraz

the gangster years

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An edition of Alcatraz (2009)

Alcatraz

the gangster years

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Cover of: Alcatraz
Alcatraz: The Gangster Years
2009, University of California Press
in English
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Alcatraz: the gangster years
2009, University of California Press
in English

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Table of Contents

The federal government's war on public enemies
A new form of imprisonment
Selecting the "worst of the worst"
The "program"
Organized resistance : a regime tested
Finding a hole in the rock : the first escape attempts
Alcatraz on trial
The war years
The battle of Alcatraz
Resistance and adaptation
Outlaws among outlaws : individual resisters
Celebrity prisoners
Return to the free world
Lessons from Alcatraz for "supermax" prisons.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Berkeley

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
365/.979461
Library of Congress
HV9474.A53 W37 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL18725122M
Internet Archive
alcatrazgangster00ward_0
ISBN 13
9780520256071
LCCN
2008021232
Library Thing
8307261
Goodreads
6138680

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October 19, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from Library of Congress MARC record