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Alcatraz: the gangster years/ David A. Ward ; with Gene Kassebaum.

By: Ward, David AMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009Description: xxvii, 548 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780520256071 (alk. paper); 0520256077 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Prisons -- California -- Alcatraz Island -- History | Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- HistoryDDC classification: 365.979461

Contents:

Part I. Alcatraz from 1934 to 1948 1. The Federal Government's War on Public Enemies 2. A New Form of Imprisonment 3. Selecting the "Worst of the Worst" 4. The "Program" 5. Organized Resistance: A Regime Tested 6. Finding a Hole in the Rock: The First Escape Attempts 7. Alcatraz on Trial 8. The War Years 9. The Battle of Alcatraz Part II. Life on the Rock For Resisters and Public Enemies 10. Resistance and Adaptation 11. Outlaws among Outlaws: Individual Resisters 12. Celebrity Prisoners Part III. Alcatraz as an Experiment in Penal Policy 13. Return to the Free World 14. Lessons from Alcatraz for "Supermax" Prisons

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	365.979461 WAR/A (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P18223

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-522) and index.

Part I. Alcatraz from 1934 to 1948

1. The Federal Government's War on Public Enemies
2. A New Form of Imprisonment
3. Selecting the "Worst of the Worst"
4. The "Program"
5. Organized Resistance: A Regime Tested
6. Finding a Hole in the Rock: The First Escape Attempts
7. Alcatraz on Trial
8. The War Years
9. The Battle of Alcatraz

Part II. Life on the Rock For Resisters and Public Enemies

10. Resistance and Adaptation
11. Outlaws among Outlaws: Individual Resisters
12. Celebrity Prisoners
Part III. Alcatraz as an Experiment in Penal Policy
13. Return to the Free World
14. Lessons from Alcatraz for "Supermax" Prisons

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