Judah Schept Knihy

A VITAL COLLECTION FROM A KEY BATTLEGROUND IN THE ABOLITION STRUGGLE: THE COUNTY JAIL

"As the coal industry has declined in Central Appalachia, prisons have emerged as a primary way that the state addresses the resulting crises of revenue loss, unemployment, and population decline. Grounded in fieldwork, archives, and official documents, this book examines how the prison came to shape, and take shape within, Central Appalachia"--