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Big House on the Prairie

- Rise of the Rural Ghetto and Prison Proliferation
Af: John M. Eason Engelsk Paperback

Big House on the Prairie

- Rise of the Rural Ghetto and Prison Proliferation
Af: John M. Eason Engelsk Paperback
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For the past fifty years, America has been extraordinarily busy building prisons. Since 1970 we have tripled the total number of facilities, adding more than 1,200 new prisons to the landscape. This building boom has taken place across the country but is largely concentrated in rural southern towns. In 2007, John M. Eason moved his family to Forrest City, Arkansas, in search of answers to key questions about this trend: Why is America building so many prisons? Why now? And why in rural areas? Eason quickly learned that rural demand for prisons is complicated. Towns like Forrest City choose to build prisons not simply in hopes of landing jobs or economic wellbeing, but also to protect and improve their reputations. For some rural leaders, fostering a prison in their town is a means of achieving order in a rapidly changing world. Taking us into the decision-making meetings and tracking the impact of prisons on economic development, poverty, and race, Eason demonstrates how groups of elite whites and black leaders share power. Situating prisons within dynamic shifts that rural economies are undergoing and showing how racially diverse communities lobby for prison construction, Big House on the Prairie is a remarkable glimpse into the ways a prison economy takes shape and operates.
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For the past fifty years, America has been extraordinarily busy building prisons. Since 1970 we have tripled the total number of facilities, adding more than 1,200 new prisons to the landscape. This building boom has taken place across the country but is largely concentrated in rural southern towns. In 2007, John M. Eason moved his family to Forrest City, Arkansas, in search of answers to key questions about this trend: Why is America building so many prisons? Why now? And why in rural areas? Eason quickly learned that rural demand for prisons is complicated. Towns like Forrest City choose to build prisons not simply in hopes of landing jobs or economic wellbeing, but also to protect and improve their reputations. For some rural leaders, fostering a prison in their town is a means of achieving order in a rapidly changing world. Taking us into the decision-making meetings and tracking the impact of prisons on economic development, poverty, and race, Eason demonstrates how groups of elite whites and black leaders share power. Situating prisons within dynamic shifts that rural economies are undergoing and showing how racially diverse communities lobby for prison construction, Big House on the Prairie is a remarkable glimpse into the ways a prison economy takes shape and operates.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 240
ISBN-13: 9780226410340
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 022641034X
Kategori: Sociologi og antropologi
Udg. Dato: 6 mar 2017
Længde: 16mm
Bredde: 229mm
Højde: 153mm
Forlag: The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato: 6 mar 2017
Forfatter(e): John M. Eason
Forfatter(e) John M. Eason

Kategori Sociologi og antropologi

ISBN-13 9780226410340

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 240

Udgave

Længde 16mm

Bredde 229mm

Højde 153mm

Udg. Dato 6 mar 2017

Oplagsdato 6 mar 2017

Forlag The University of Chicago Press