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_bWAR/A
100 1 _aWard, David A.
245 1 0 _aAlcatraz: the gangster years/
_cDavid A. Ward ; with Gene Kassebaum.
260 _aBerkeley:
_bUniversity of California Press,
_c2009.
300 _axxvii, 548 p., [32] p. of plates :
_bill., map, ports. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 467-522) and index.
505 _aPart 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
650 0 _aPrisons
_zCalifornia
_zAlcatraz Island
_xHistory.
651 0 _aAlcatraz Island (Calif.)
_xHistory.
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