Crime and the nation
Subtitle: prison reforms and popular fiction in Philadelphia, 1786-1800
By: Peter Okun.
Series: American popular history and culture; American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm))
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: American fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism.; Crime in literature.; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 18th century.; Popular literature -- United States -- History and criticism.; Prisons -- United States -- History -- 18th century.; Crime -- United States -- History -- 18th century.; Prisoners in literature.; Prisons in literature.; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- In literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-161) and index.