Prisons, Asylums, and the Public: Institutional Visiting in the Nineteenth Century

Janet Miron

Published by University of Toronto Press 2011

Prisons, Asylums, and the Public

Institutional Visiting in the Nineteenth Century

Janet Miron

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442661639

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Finding that institutions could be important centres of civic activity, self-edification, and 'scientific' study, Prisons, Asylums, and the Public sheds new light on popular nineteenth-century attitudes towards the insane and the criminal.

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Miron Janet :

Janet Miron is an assistant professor in the Department of History at Trent University.

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Akihito Suzuki, Department of Economics, Keio University:
Prisons, Asylums, and the Public is the first-ever book to examine institutional tourism in the nineteenth century. Janet Miron provides eye-opening insights as to why people wanted to visit prisons, how officials promoted asylum tourism to the general public, and how inmates themselves viewed these practices. Overall, Prisons, Asylums, and the Public is a well researched and valuable cultural history.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Establishment of Custodial Institutions and the Early Practice of Visiting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Open Doors: Welcoming the Public into Prisons and Asylums Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
3. ‘You Must Go!’: Visitors to Prisons and Asylums Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
4. ‘I Am Even Afraid That She Put Her Tongue Out’: Inmate and Patient Responses to Visitors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
5. ‘What We Saw with Our Own Eyes’: Visiting and Nineteenth- Century Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
6. ‘To Avoid Exposure and Publicity’: Opposition to Visiting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
7. ‘Behind Closed Doors’: The Changing Relationship between Custodial Institutions and Society Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
Appendix: The Setting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 240

eBook

Published: March 5, 2011
ISBN: 9781442661639